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Full Idea
Awareness, perception, self-awareness, attention and reflection are all separate components of consciousness, and the quality of our experience varies according to which and how many of them are present.
Gist of Idea
Consciousness involves awareness, perception, self-awareness, attention and reflection
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p.300)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.300
A Reaction
Philosophers like to emphasise 'qualia' and 'intentionality'. This remark slices the cake differently. 'Attention' is interesting, dividing consciousness into two areas, with some experience fading away into the darkness. Hume denied self-awareness.
| 19438 | Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz] |
| 21770 | Consciousness is both of objects, and of itself [Hegel] |
| 2525 | Maybe language is crucial to consciousness [Dennett] |
| 5001 | Maybe we should see intentionality and consciousness as a single problem, not two [Kirk,R] |
| 4917 | Consciousness involves awareness, perception, self-awareness, attention and reflection [Carter,R] |
| 6626 | 'Phenomenal' consciousness is of qualities; 'apperceptive' consciousness includes beliefs and desires [Lowe] |
| 4923 | The three essentials of conscious experience are privateness, unity and informativeness [Edelman/Tononi] |