Janzen, Greg.

The reflexive nature of consciousness [electronic resource] / Greg Janzen. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2008. - vi, 186 p. ; 25 cm. - Advances in consciousness research, v. 72 1381-589X ; . - Advances in consciousness research v. 72. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and indexes.

Introduction -- Conscious states, reflexivity, and phenomenal character -- Some remarks on methodology -- Some semantics of "consciousness" -- Preamble -- Creature consciousness : transitive and intransitive -- State consciousness -- Unconscious mental states -- Self-consciousness -- Phenomenal consciousness -- A formula for state consciousness -- Nagel's what-it-is-like formula -- Putative counterexamples -- Non-conscious phenomenality? -- Summary -- Consciousness and self-awareness -- Preamble -- A gloss on intentionality -- The transitivity principle -- Two positive arguments for the transitivity principle -- Higher-orderism -- Preamble -- The higher-order theory of consciousness -- A "one-state" alternative -- Preamble -- The Brentanian model -- Objections and replies -- Representationalism -- Preamble -- The representational theory of phenomenal character -- The nature of phenomenal character -- Preamble -- Phenomenal character as implicit self-awareness -- Some brief remarks on privacy -- Conclusion.


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Consciousness.
Phenomenology.
Self-consciousness (Awareness)
Self.


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