Jonathan Hardy

This is what I have understood the difference between a sociopath and psychopath to be: a sociopath is a person with a withered, weak ability to empat...

Rather than scour the entire thread you attached I would like to request the 'evidence' that a bat cannot feel what others (bats) feel. Do they show t...

Well, I think it refers to the idea that even a rock has some sort of information integration, even if tiny. Say the way atoms are arranged maybe. But...

I'm not sure how much Integrated Information Theory has been mentioned here, but it is a panpsychism supporting scientific theory regarding consciousn...

Great question. I would say that even if we find intermediates of di and tri they will be separate and distinct phenomenal experiences. Eg. Blurry vis...

This example seems to correlate well with the externalist view of belief and meaning. We have an artifact in the world and an interpretation by which ...

Ah, yes. I was aware Chalmers had written something about their positions. It was his name that led me to the two types of contents. Thanks!

I believe this leaves out the fact that they ARE in different locations. i'm not sure you can leave out that fact to claim they are identical but not ...

I agree with you I think. Confusion with this goes back again to awareness and access to content and modes of awareness (consciousness?). We get caugh...

Can we state that awareness is not self-awareness if we do not yet understand what awareness is? I feel there is a bit of the multiple drafts theory b...

This is a long thread so If I have repeated anything please let me know. @"-Bert1" If phenomenal consciousness is only 'awareness of something' then i...