Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?

In the present paper, we defend the thesis that outer-world-directed perceptual consciousness is always accompanied by an inner awareness (IAOA). This is contrary to the view that outer-world-directed conscious mental states are not accompanied by an inner awareness, which is held by Gennaro (2008)...

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Main Authors: Madhu Mangal Chaturvedi, A. V. Ravishankar Sarma
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2019-10-01
Series:Problemos
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Online Access:http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/14616
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spelling doaj-0afb7f8b9b7d4013bb15fe2e8515f2162020-11-25T01:52:44ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61582019-10-019610.15388/Problemos.96.11Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?Madhu Mangal Chaturvedi0A. V. Ravishankar Sarma1Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, IndiaIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India In the present paper, we defend the thesis that outer-world-directed perceptual consciousness is always accompanied by an inner awareness (IAOA). This is contrary to the view that outer-world-directed conscious mental states are not accompanied by an inner awareness, which is held by Gennaro (2008) against Kriegel’s (2009a and 2009b) self-representationalism. We attempt to show why philosophers like Gennaro get it wrong when they deny the IAOA thesis by critically examining his arguments against it and by giving arguments in its favour. http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/14616Inner AwarenessPerceptual ConsciousnessSelf-representationalismHigher-Order-Thought
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author Madhu Mangal Chaturvedi
A. V. Ravishankar Sarma
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A. V. Ravishankar Sarma
Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?
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Inner Awareness
Perceptual Consciousness
Self-representationalism
Higher-Order-Thought
author_facet Madhu Mangal Chaturvedi
A. V. Ravishankar Sarma
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title Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?
title_short Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?
title_full Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?
title_fullStr Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?
title_full_unstemmed Does Inner Awareness Always Accompany Outer Awareness During Perception?
title_sort does inner awareness always accompany outer awareness during perception?
publisher Vilnius University Press
series Problemos
issn 1392-1126
2424-6158
publishDate 2019-10-01
description In the present paper, we defend the thesis that outer-world-directed perceptual consciousness is always accompanied by an inner awareness (IAOA). This is contrary to the view that outer-world-directed conscious mental states are not accompanied by an inner awareness, which is held by Gennaro (2008) against Kriegel’s (2009a and 2009b) self-representationalism. We attempt to show why philosophers like Gennaro get it wrong when they deny the IAOA thesis by critically examining his arguments against it and by giving arguments in its favour.
topic Inner Awareness
Perceptual Consciousness
Self-representationalism
Higher-Order-Thought
url http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/14616
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