UnCartesian materialism and Lockean introspection
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John Locke's theory of introspection and reflection which leads to self-knowledge is strengthened and affirmed by the Multiple Drafts model. Locke's 'inner sense theory' which was physically translated by Armstrong in 1968 tells us that conscious awareness is the successful operation of an internal scanner or monitor that outputs second-order representations of first-order psychological states. The internal monitor is an attention mechanism that can be directed upon representational subsystems and their stages.
Publication Name: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-525X
Year: 1992
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Conscious versus unconscious processes: are they qualitatively different?
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Dennett and Kinsbourne's work on the theory of consciousness is an important milestone in the empirical study of an elusive construct. Confusions between the temporal properties of the process of representing and the temporal content of the representations are exposed. Since consciousness cannot be temporally and spatially localized in the brain, those identifying processes existing in each of the conscious and unconscious states is important to distinguish and define the two from each other.
Publication Name: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-525X
Year: 1992
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