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Brian Bieganski - Consciousness Restrained (2017, MA Thesis).pdf (442.35 KB)
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Consciousness Restrained: Does Consciousness Have Any Adaptive Function?
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Bieganski, Brian P.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1522679432841333
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Philosophy.
Abstract
In this work, I examine the question, “Does consciousness have any necessary known function in our lives?” I look at three specific theories of consciousness: global workspace theory (GWT), attention theory, and higher-order thought (HOT) theory. I look at how each of these theories bear on whether consciousness has any known adaptive utility and I show that, under the strongest theory of consciousness, viz. HOT theory, it does not.
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David Pereplyotchik (Advisor)
Pages
63 p.
Subject Headings
Philosophy
Keywords
Consciousness
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higher order thought theory
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Bieganski, B. P. (2018).
Consciousness Restrained: Does Consciousness Have Any Adaptive Function?
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1522679432841333
APA Style (7th edition)
Bieganski, Brian.
Consciousness Restrained: Does Consciousness Have Any Adaptive Function?
2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1522679432841333.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Bieganski, Brian. "Consciousness Restrained: Does Consciousness Have Any Adaptive Function?" Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1522679432841333
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Consciousness Restrained: Does Consciousness Have Any Adaptive Function? by Brian P. Bieganski is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Kent State University and OhioLINK.