The Neurophilosophy of Subjectivity

The Neurophilosophy of Subjectivity Pete Mandik Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy Coordinator, Cognitive Science Laboratory William Paterson University, New Jersey USA

Primary Goal ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Section 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A first stab at subjectivity: ,[object Object],It’s the Nagel-Jackson Property.

A second stab: ,[object Object]

A second stab: ,[object Object],[object Object]

A third stab: ,[object Object]

So-called phenomenal concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],“ RED!” / “ RED!”

Things I don’t like: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Neurophilosophy of consciousness ,[object Object]

What is the progression of levels? ,[object Object],Highlevel (Frontal Cortex and Hippocampus) Allocentric reps Intermediate-level (IT and PP) Egocentric/Allocentric Hybrid reps Low-level (LGN and V1) Egocentric reps

[object Object],Pure Egocentric Retinocentric Body-centered Limited viewpoint invariance Amodal Category knowledge The Allocentric-Egocentric Interface The reciprocally influencing representations jointly comprise a conscious state

Neurophilosophy of character ,[object Object],The Allocentric-Egocentric Interface The reciprocally influencing representations jointly comprise a conscious state

On knowing what it is like ,[object Object]

On knowing what it is like ,[object Object],HOT!

Our question becomes… ,[object Object],?????

The feed-forward network proposal for phenomenal concepts ,[object Object]

Concepts as attractors in activation space

Criticisms of the feed-forward network proposal ,[object Object],[object Object]

If we abandon FFNs… ,[object Object]

Uniquely represented perceptual contents? ,[object Object]

Uniquely represented perceptual contents? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Uniquely represented introspective contents? ,[object Object],“ RED!” /

Uniquely represented introspective contents? ,[object Object]

Hyperbolic Mary ,[object Object]

Hyperbolic Mary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Appendix ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CONCLUSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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