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framework:higher-order-theoryHigher-Order Theory
A theory of consciousness on which mental states become conscious by being the objects of higher-order states.
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Papers (2)
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Thinkers (1)
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- David RosenthalintroducesPhilosopher; higher-order thought theory of consciousness.
Concepts (1)
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- Second-Order PerceptionextendsCIMC's proposed computational structure of consciousness: perception that perception is occurring, non-inferential and synchronous with its content
Claims (1)
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- Tentative conclusion on the autonomy-consciousness link.
Frameworks (2)
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- Higher-order thought theoryrelated_tosame_asTheory of consciousness where metacognitive representations are necessary for conscious experience.
- Higher-Order Theories of Consciousnessrelated_toTheories requiring metacognition or higher-order representations for consciousness; one of the indicator sets in Butlin et al. 2023.
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- The working paper itself, presenting a pluralist theory of moral standing and arguing that autonomy can ground moral standing without welfare subjectivity.
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- A computational HOT where awareness is a higher-order state in a generative model of perceptual contents.
- Desires through which an agent identifies with some first-order desires and repudiates others.
- Representations of one's own mental states; associated with consciousness in higher-order theories.
- The paper deliberately stops short of claiming mark-directed behavior constitutes evidence for higher-order self-consciousness
- Bennett's multi-level formal account of representation as a stack of abstraction layers, applied to representational time.
- Foundational framework consisting of systems (wires), processes (boxes), and composition (wirings); basis for quantum and compositional reasoning.
- Reflexive science in which scientists recognize themselves as part of the systems they observe.
- The class of explanations from the Santa Fe Institute tradition, including attractor dynamics and emergent order, evaluated as insufficient to fully explain the appearance of living structure