Consciousness, Sensory Qualities, and Asymmetry

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titleConsciousness, Sensory Qualities, and Asymmetry
start_date2013/03/11
schedule16h-18h
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summaryI argue for a more or less Husserlian account of sensory content (in terms of sensory "matter" and intentional "animation) and explain how the model can be embedded in a more general model of the structure of consciousness. The resulting model, I argue, will allow us to make sense of the intentional component of sensory experience in terms of diachronic asymmetry plus a type of Bayesian inference. I close by arguing that the model, modulo a few innocuous assumptions, will allow us to reduce the truly intractable part of the "Hard Problem" to general metaphysical problems.
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