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1055Erkenntnistheoretischer DualismusHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 10 113-136. 2007.The dominant position in current debates on the mind-body problem is some version of physicalism, according to which the mind is reducible to the brain and mental phenomena are ultimately explainable in physical terms. But there seems to be an explanatory gap between physicalistic descriptions of neuronal processes and the subjectivity of conscious experience. Some dualists conclude that, therefore, consciousness must be ontologically distinct from any physical properties or entities. This artic…Read more
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3896Phenomenal consciousness, attention and accessibilityPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 11 (3): 309-334. 2012.This article re-examines Ned Block‘s ( 1997 , 2007 ) conceptual distinction between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness. His argument that we can have phenomenally conscious representations without being able to cognitively access them is criticized as not being supported by evidence. Instead, an alternative interpretation of the relevant empirical data is offered which leaves the link between phenomenology and accessibility intact. Moreover, it is shown that Block’s claim that phe…Read more
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369Daniel D. HUTTO, Folk Psychological Narratives. The Sociocultural Basis of Understanding Reasons. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press 2008, xxi, 343 pp. ISBN 978-0-262-08367-6 (review)Grazer Philosophische Studien 80 (1): 341-346. 2010.
University of Cologne
PhD, 2007
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Biology |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |