Kenneth Williford
Biographic Data
| ID | 8957480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Williford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Williford |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIFORD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0410-3448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A soul-making theodicy for animals
Neo-Cartesianism and the expanded problem of animal suffering
In Defense of Relational Self-Acquaintance
Anita Pacholik and Gerhard Preyer have recently criticized the view, defended by myself and others, that consciousness bears a direct acquaintance relation to itself. Their position that such a self-relation is impossible is in line with views defended by Manfred Frank, Dieter Henrich, and Dan Zahavi. In this contribution, I mount a defense of the self-acquaintance theory of pre-reflective self-consciousness against their criticisms. Among other …
Pre-Reflective Self-Consciousness & Projective Geometry
Against Neo-Cartesianism
Several influential philosophers and scientists have advanced a framework, often called Neo-Cartesianism (NC), according to which animal suffering is merely apparent. Drawing upon contemporary neuroscience and philosophy of mind, Neo-Cartesians challenge the mainstream position we shall call Evolutionary Continuity (EC), the view that humans are on a nonhierarchical continuum with other species and are thus not likely to be unique in consciously …
Self-Acquaintance and Three Regress Arguments
The three classic regress problems (the Extensive Regress of states, the Intensive Regress of contents, and the Fichte-Henrich-Shoemaker Regress of de se beliefs) related to the Self-Awareness Thesis (that one’s conscious states are the ones that one is aware of being in) can all be elegantly resolved by a self-acquaintance postulate. This resolution, however, entails that consciousness has an irreducibly circular structure and that self-acquaint…
A late Quaternary paleoenvironmental record in sand dunes of the northern Atacama Desert, Chile
This paper reports a previously unidentified paleoenvironmental record found in sand dunes of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Long-term aeolian deflation by prevailing onshore winds has resulted in the deposition of sand on the irregular surface of a Miocene-aged anhydrite outcrop. Two deposits ~25 km apart, along the prevailing wind trajectory, were hand excavated then analyzed for vertical (and temporal) changes in physical and chemical composition.…
Millikan and Her Critics
Berkeley's Theory of Meaning in Alciphron VII
Self-Representational Approaches to Consciousness
Leading theorists examine the self-representational theory of consciousness as an alternative to the two dominant reductive theories of consciousness, the representational theory of consciousness and the higher-order monitoring theory. In this pioneering collection of essays, leading theorists examine the self-representational theory of consciousness, which holds that consciousness always involves some form of self-awareness. The self-representat…
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Self-Representational Approaches to Consciousness
Leading theorists examine the self-representational theory of consciousness as an alternative to the two dominant reductive theories of consciousness, the representational theory of consciousness and the higher-order monitoring theory. In this pioneering collection of essays, leading theorists examine the self-representational theory of consciousness, which holds that consciousness always involves some form of self-awareness. The self-representat…
Berkeley's Theory of Meaning in Alciphron VII
Millikan and Her Critics
A late Quaternary paleoenvironmental record in sand dunes of the northern Atacama Desert, Chile
This paper reports a previously unidentified paleoenvironmental record found in sand dunes of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Long-term aeolian deflation by prevailing onshore winds has resulted in the deposition of sand on the irregular surface of a Miocene-aged anhydrite outcrop. Two deposits ~25 km apart, along the prevailing wind trajectory, were hand excavated then analyzed for vertical (and temporal) changes in physical and chemical composition.…
Self-Acquaintance and Three Regress Arguments
The three classic regress problems (the Extensive Regress of states, the Intensive Regress of contents, and the Fichte-Henrich-Shoemaker Regress of de se beliefs) related to the Self-Awareness Thesis (that one’s conscious states are the ones that one is aware of being in) can all be elegantly resolved by a self-acquaintance postulate. This resolution, however, entails that consciousness has an irreducibly circular structure and that self-acquaint…
Against Neo-Cartesianism
Several influential philosophers and scientists have advanced a framework, often called Neo-Cartesianism (NC), according to which animal suffering is merely apparent. Drawing upon contemporary neuroscience and philosophy of mind, Neo-Cartesians challenge the mainstream position we shall call Evolutionary Continuity (EC), the view that humans are on a nonhierarchical continuum with other species and are thus not likely to be unique in consciously …
Pre-Reflective Self-Consciousness & Projective Geometry
Neo-Cartesianism and the expanded problem of animal suffering
In Defense of Relational Self-Acquaintance
Anita Pacholik and Gerhard Preyer have recently criticized the view, defended by myself and others, that consciousness bears a direct acquaintance relation to itself. Their position that such a self-relation is impossible is in line with views defended by Manfred Frank, Dieter Henrich, and Dan Zahavi. In this contribution, I mount a defense of the self-acquaintance theory of pre-reflective self-consciousness against their criticisms. Among other …
A soul-making theodicy for animals
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Consciousness (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Cartesianism (2 works)