Consciousness and agency: Explaining what and explaining who

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1999; 22: 40 West 20Th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. Cambridge Univ Press. 148+.

Abstract: The target article offers an intriguing hypothesis relating the content of phenomenal experience to a qualitative characteristic of information processing. This hypothesis, however, offers only an explanation of the ''what'' of consciousness, not the ''who'' - the experiencing agent remains mysterious. Their hypothesis about the unity of consciousness can be linked to an informational account of the agency or subjectivity of consciousness.

Note: Editorial Carlson RA, Penn State Univ, Dept Psychol, University Pk,PA 16802 USA

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