Higher-order Theories Of Consciousness: An Anthology


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Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness Advances in Consciousness Research Advances in Consciousness Research provides a forum for scholars from different scientific disciplines and fields of knowledge who study consciousness in its multifaceted aspects. Thus the Series will include (but not be limited to) the various areas of cognitive science, including cognitive psychology, linguistics, brain science and philosophy. The orientation of the Series is toward developing new interdisciplinary and integrative approaches for the investigation, description and theory of consciousness, as well as the practical consequences of this research for the individual and society. Series A: Theory and Method. Contributions to the development of theory and method in the study of consciousness. Editor Maxim I. Stamenov Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Editorial Board David Chalmers Earl Mac Cormac University of Arizona Duke University Gordon G. Globus George Mandler University of California at Irvine University of California at San Diego Ray Jackendoff John R. Searle Brandeis University University of California at Berkeley Christof Koch Petra Stoerig California Institute of Technology Universität Düsseldorf Stephen Kosslyn † Francisco Varela Harvard University C.R.E.A., Ecole Polytechnique, Paris Volume 56 Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness: An Anthology Edited by Rocco J. Gennaro Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness An Anthology Edited by Rocco J. Gennaro Indiana State University John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia 8 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Higher-order theories of consciousness : an anthology / edited by Rocco J. Gennaro. p. cm. (Advances in Consciousness Research, issn 1381–589X ; v. 56) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Consciousness. 2. Self-consciousness. 3. Thought and thinking. 4. Phenomenological psychology. I. Gennaro, Rocco J. II. Series. B105 C477H54 2004 126-dc22 isbn 90 272 5191 6 (Eur.) / 1 58811 495 3 (US) (Hb; alk. paper) isbn 90 272 5192 4 (Eur.) / 1 58811 496 1 (US) (Pb; alk. paper) 2004041066 © 2004 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa Table of contents Contributors ix Acknowledgments and dedication xi Chapter 1 Higher-order theories of consciousness: An overview Rocco J. Gennaro 1 Part I: Defenders of higher-order theories Chapter 2 Varieties of higher-order theory David M. Rosenthal Chapter 3 Higher-order thoughts, animal consciousness, and misrepresentation: A reply to Carruthers and Levine Rocco J. Gennaro Chapter 4 Higher-order global states (HOGS): An alternative higher-order model of consciousness Robert Van Gulick 17 45 67 Chapter 5 The superiority of HOP to HOT William G. Lycan 93 Chapter 6 HOP over FOR, HOT theory Peter Carruthers 115  Table of contents Chapter 7 A higher order syntactic thought (HOST) theory of consciousness Edmund T. Rolls 137 Chapter 8 Assumptions of a subjective measure of consciousness: Thr