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Unitary and Dual Models of Phenomenal Consciousness
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SYSNO ASEP 0481000 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Unitary and Dual Models of Phenomenal Consciousness Author(s) Marvan, Tomáš (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI
Polák, M. (CZ)Source Title Consciousness and Cognition. - : Elsevier - ISSN 1053-8100
-, č. 56 (2017), s. 1-12Number of pages 12 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords phenomenal consciousness ; David Rosenthal ; what it is like ; unconscious mind ; theories fo consciousness Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 UT WOS 000414884500001 EID SCOPUS 85030786055 DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2017.09.006 Annotation There is almost unanimous consensus among the theorists of consciousness that the phenomenal character of a mental state cannot exist without consciousness. We argue for a reappraisal of this consensus. We distinguish two models of phenomenal consciousness: unitary and dual. Unitary model takes the production of a phenomenal quality and it’s becoming conscious to be one and the same thing. The dual model, which we advocate in this paper, distinguishes the process in which the phenomenal quality is formed from the process that makes this quality conscious. We put forward a conceptual, methodological, neuropsychological and neural argument for the dual model. These arguments are independent but provide mutual support to each other. Together, they strongly support the dual model of phenomenal consciousness and the concomitant idea of unconscious mental qualities. The dual view is thus, we submit, a hypothesis worthy of further probing and development. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2018
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