Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Michael Tye and David Papineau

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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness

7854	Whether octopuses feel pain is unclear, because our phenomenal concepts are too vague [Papineau]

7889	Our concept of consciousness is crude, and lacks theoretical articulation [Papineau]

7891	We can’t decide what 'conscious' means, so it is undecidable whether cats are conscious [Papineau]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness

7890	Maybe a creature is conscious if its mental states represent things in a distinct way [Papineau]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought

7885	The 'actualist' HOT theory says consciousness comes from actual higher judgements of mental states [Papineau]

7886	Actualist HOT theories imply that a non-conscious mental event could become conscious when remembered [Papineau]

7887	States are conscious if they could be the subject of higher-order mental judgements [Papineau]

7888	Higher-order judgements may be possible where the subject denies having been conscious [Papineau]