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Thinking: Thinking is a cognitive process that involves mental activities such as reasoning, problem solving, decision making, imagination and conceptualization. These operations enable individuals to process information, make sense of their experiences and interact with the world around them._____________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 Thinking - Dictionary of Arguments
II 547 Thoughts of Higher Order/Block: the thoughts of higher order must be obtained in a non-observing and non-inferential way. Otherwise recourse: I learn from my anger that I draw conclusions from my observed behavior. ((s) >Wittgenstein: "I only have my signs"). Metzinger II 575 Thinking/Block: Much of our thinking is neither p-conscious nor z-conscious! II 458 Def a-consciousness/Terminology/Block: Being aware of a fact z means that the information is available for rational inference. (Functional concept). p-consciousness: phenomenal consciousness. >Consciousness/Block._____________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 |