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Single Idea 7111
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought
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Full Idea
The existence of consciousness is an absolute, because consciousness is consciousness of itself; the type of existence that consciousness has is that it is consciousness of itself.
Gist of Idea
Consciousness exists as consciousness of itself
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Transcendence of the Ego [1937], I (A))
Book Ref
Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'The Transcendence of the Ego' [Routledge 2004], p.7
A Reaction
I find this unconvincing. Anyone analysis the nature of the mind should think as much about animal minds as human minds. It seems obvious to me that there is likely to be an animal consciousness which is entirely of environment and its body.
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[consciousness as higher levels of thinking]:
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5002
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Consciousness is the perception of what passes in a man's own mind
[Locke]
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4086
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Kant thought that consciousness depends on self-consciousness ('apperception')
[Kant, by Crane]
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23190
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Consciousness is our awareness of our own mental life
[Nietzsche]
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7111
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Consciousness exists as consciousness of itself
[Sartre]
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4888
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It seems plausible that many animals have experiences without knowing about them
[Perry]
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2453
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We are probably the only creatures that can think about our own thoughts
[Fodor]
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7885
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The 'actualist' HOT theory says consciousness comes from actual higher judgements of mental states
[Papineau]
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7886
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Actualist HOT theories imply that a non-conscious mental event could become conscious when remembered
[Papineau]
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7887
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States are conscious if they could be the subject of higher-order mental judgements
[Papineau]
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7888
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Higher-order judgements may be possible where the subject denies having been conscious
[Papineau]
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8895
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If neither the first-level nor the second-level is itself conscious, there seems to be no consciousness present
[Bonjour]
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12586
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Consciousness of a belief isn't a belief that one has it
[Peacocke]
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9320
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Higher-order theories divide over whether the higher level involves thought or perception
[Gulick]
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9321
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Higher-order models reduce the problem of consciousness to intentionality
[Gulick]
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9322
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Maybe qualia only exist at the lower level, and a higher-level is needed for what-it-is-like
[Gulick]
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9314
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Unfortunately, higher-order representations could involve error
[Kriegel/Williford]
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