Philosopher's Digest » Richard Brown http://www.philosophersdigest.com Timely Reviews of Current Philosophy Articles Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:07:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Philosophers Facing Phenomenal Consciousness, Online http://www.philosophersdigest.com/journal-of-consciousness-studies/philosophers-facing-phenomenal-consciousness-online http://www.philosophersdigest.com/journal-of-consciousness-studies/philosophers-facing-phenomenal-consciousness-online#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 14:00:55 +0000 Richard Brown http://www.philosophersdigest.com/?p=892 Editor’s Note: this post is a not a review of a single article, but a shorter summary of a series of articles. If you are interested in further detail on any of these articles, we invite you to post to the…

]]> http://www.philosophersdigest.com/journal-of-consciousness-studies/philosophers-facing-phenomenal-consciousness-online/feed 3 “Consciousness and its Function” David Rosenthal http://www.philosophersdigest.com/neuropsychologia/consciousness-and-its-function-david-rosenthal http://www.philosophersdigest.com/neuropsychologia/consciousness-and-its-function-david-rosenthal#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:46:11 +0000 Richard Brown http://www.philosophersdigest.com/?p=658 Main authors discussed: David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal is a well-known defender of a particular kind of theory of consciousness known as the higher-order thought theory (HOTT).  Higher-order theories are united by what Rosenthal calls the Transitivity Principle (TP), which states that…

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