The Myth of Cognitive AgencySubpersonal thinking as a cyclically recurring loss of mental autonomy
This metatheoretical paper investigates mind wandering from the perspective of philosophy of mind. It has two central claims. The first is that on a conceptual level, mind wandering can be fruitfully described as a specific form of mental autonomy loss. The second is that most of what we call consci...
Main Author: | Thomas K. Metzinger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00931/full |
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