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Ideas of Robert van Gulick, by Text

[American, fl. 1993, At Syracuse University.]

2006 Mirror Mirror - Is That All?
p.18 From the teleopragmatic perspective, life is largely an informational process
Intro p.11 Is consciousness a type of self-awareness, or is being self-aware a way of being conscious?
§I p.12 Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception
§I p.13 Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality
§I.5 p.15 Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like
§II p.18 In contrast with knowledge, the notion of understanding emphasizes practical engagement
§II p.21 Knowing-that is a much richer kind of knowing-how
§III p.23 Organisms understand their worlds better if they understand themselves