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| Ambiguity: Ambiguity is the property of a word, phrase, or sentence that has more than one possible meaning._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ned Block on Ambiguity - Dictionary of Arguments
II 547 Consciousness/Ambiguity/Block: there is a common conception that consciousness is ambiguous: information processing/access consciousness. Block: we all use "consciously" even in both ways. Alternative: cluster concept of consciousness. Ambiguity/Block: if there merging can occur, we have ambiguity, not a cluster concept. E.g. speed: the blurriness of a passing car is not a result of the average speed. (No implicit relativation). Consciousness/Ambiguity/Natural Kind/Block: it is a difference, however, whether one is considers consciousness to be ambiguous, or whether one denies that it is a natural kind. The former is an assertion about the concept, the latter about the object. The former may be decided reflexively, the latter only empirically. II 551 Consciousness/Ambiguity/Block: since there are mergers of P consciousness and a-consciousness in the consciousness, the term must be conceived as ambiguous, and not as a cluster concept. - - - Terminology: Metzinger II 458 Def Z-consciousness/terminology/block: to be z-conscious of a fact means that the information is available for rational reasoning. (Functional term). P-consciousness: phenomenal consciousness. >Consciousness._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Block I N. Block Consciousness, Function, and Representation: Collected Papers, Volume 1 (Bradford Books) Cambridge 2007 Block II Ned Block "On a confusion about a function of consciousness" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Metz I Th. Metzinger (Hrsg.) Bewusstsein Paderborn 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27