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dc.contributor.authorWoolley, Daniel James
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-25T10:32:52Z
dc.date.available2015-02-25T10:32:52Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/15456
dc.description.abstractDavid Rosenthal’s higher-order thought theory is a theory of state consciousness. The HOT theory posits that a form of higher-order awareness is required for a subject to be conscious of the mental states they bear. Higher-order awareness on this theory takes the form of a thought. The driving force behind the theory is the intuition that a conscious state is a state that a subject is aware of themselves as being in. The wide intrinsicality view advocated by Rocco Gennaro and ‘complex’ self-representationalism advocated by Uriah Kriegel are contemporary alternatives to Rosenthal’s HOT theory. The central thesis presented in this dissertation argues that, despite objections presented by both Gennaro and Kriegel, we are not given sufficient reason to abandon Rosenthal’s HOT theory.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hertfordshireen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHigher Order Thought Theoryen_US
dc.subjectRepresentationen_US
dc.subjectMental Statesen_US
dc.subjectDavid Rosenthalen_US
dc.subjectRocco Gennaroen_US
dc.subjectUriah Kriegelen_US
dc.subjectHOT Theoryen_US
dc.subjectSelf-Representationalismen_US
dc.subjectWide Intrinsicality Viewen_US
dc.titleA Critical Assessment of the Higher Order Thought Theory of Consciousnessen_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.18745/th.15456
dc.type.qualificationlevelMastersen_US
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_US
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