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    Editorial Introduction: Representing Ourselves: Reflexive Approaches to the Function of Consciousness
    with M. Jones and N. Takuya
    Journal of Consciousness Studies 26 (3-4): 8-16. 2019.
    This special issue of Journal of Consciousness Studies brings together work from a range of philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, behavioural scientists, and computer scientists who are all united in their approach to answering questions about consciousness. The contributions to this journal are inspired by work presented at the inaugural Designed Mind Symposium, held at the University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum on 7-8 November 2017.
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    Cartesian Creatures: Watching Ourselves Watching the World
    Journal of Consciousness Studies 26 (3-4): 131-154. 2019.
    I propose that a scientific account of perceptual consciousness decomposes into two sub-problems: the conceptual problem of reframing our internal, first-personal perspective in external, thirdpersonal terms, and the scientific one of providing a theory that accounts for the phenomenon reframed in this way. In this paper I consider both aspects of the problem, drawing on the ideas of Dennett and Metzinger. For the first part, I use Dennett's method of heterophenomenology to argue that perceptual…Read more