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102Toward an Analytic Phenomenology: The Concepts of "Bodiliness" and "Grabbiness"In A. Carsetti (ed.), Seeing and Thinking. Reflections on Kanizsa's Studies in Visual Cognition, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001.In this paper, we present an account of phenomenal con- sciousness. Phenomenal consciousness is experience, and the _problem _of phenomenal consciousness is to explain how physical processes
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1193Is Trilled Smell Possible? How the Structure of Olfaction Determines the Phenomenology of SmellJournal of Consciousness Studies 18 (11-12): 59-95. 2011.Smell 'sensations' are among the most mysterious of conscious experiences, and have been cited in defense of the thesis that the character of perceptual experience is independent of the physical events that seem to give rise to it. Here we review the scientific literature on olfaction, and we argue that olfaction has a distinctive profile in relation to the other modalities, on four counts: in the physical nature of the stimulus, in the sensorimotor interactions that characterize its use, in the…Read more
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53In this paper, we present an account of phenomenal consciousness. Phenomenal consciousness is experience, and the problem of phenomenal consciousness is to explain how physical processes?behavioral, neural, computational?can produce experience. Numerous thinkers have argued that phenomenal consciousness cannot be explained in functional, neural or information-processing terms (e.g. Block 1990, 1994; Chalmers 1996). Different arguments have been put forward. For example, it has been argued that t…Read more
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Is bewustzijn louter representatie?Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 2 157-159. 2005.
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24Editorial introductionSynthese 129 (1): 1-2. 2001.Music raises many problems for those who would understand it more deeply. It is rooted in time, yet timeless. It is pure form, yet conveys emotion. It is written, but performed, interpreted, improvised, transcribed, recorded, sampled, remixed, revised, rebroadcast, reinterpreted, and more. Music can be studied by philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, mathematicians, biologists, computer scientists, neuro-scientists, critics, politicians, promoters, and of course musicians. Moreover, no sing…Read more
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Uitgebreid, complementair, of omvattend? Het waar en het hoe van het mentaleAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 104 (3). 2012.
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Computing and Information |
General Philosophy of Science |