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'Natural Goodness', 'Thinking about Consciousness' and 'In Praise of Philosophy'
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
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Whether octopuses feel pain is unclear, because our phenomenal concepts are too vague [Papineau]
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Our concept of consciousness is crude, and lacks theoretical articulation [Papineau]
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We can’t decide what 'conscious' means, so it is undecidable whether cats are conscious [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
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Maybe a creature is conscious if its mental states represent things in a distinct way [Papineau]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought
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The 'actualist' HOT theory says consciousness comes from actual higher judgements of mental states [Papineau]
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Actualist HOT theories imply that a non-conscious mental event could become conscious when remembered [Papineau]
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States are conscious if they could be the subject of higher-order mental judgements [Papineau]
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Higher-order judgements may be possible where the subject denies having been conscious [Papineau]
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