Higher-Order Self-Consciousness

The paper deliberately stops short of claiming mark-directed behavior constitutes evidence for higher-order self-consciousness

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Higher-Order Theories of Consciousnessframework0.836
Theories requiring metacognition or higher-order representations for consciousness; one of the indicator sets in Butlin et al. 2023.
Higher-order Desiresconcept0.787
Desires through which an agent identifies with some first-order desires and repudiates others.
Consciousness is prior to and independent of personal ownership or individual minds.claim0.778
There are plausible views (e.g., global workspace theory, higher-order theory) on which autonomy entails phenomenal consciousness.claim0.773
Tentative conclusion on the autonomy-consciousness link.
Consciousness, phenomenologically understood, is second-order perception: not just registration of content, but the additional perception that perception is taking place.claim0.764
Paper's core phenomenological definition of consciousness
Higher-order thought theoryframework0.759
Theory of consciousness where metacognitive representations are necessary for conscious experience.
Higher-Order Theoryframework0.759
A theory of consciousness on which mental states become conscious by being the objects of higher-order states.
Consciousness (phenomenal consciousness)concept0.745
The state of having subjective experiences; there is something it is like to be the subject.