Mental States, Conscious and Nonconscious

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ID4079812
AuthorsJacob Berger (0000-0001-7221-1753, Idaho State University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume9
Issue6
Pages392-401
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12140
OpenAlexW1480615368
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited44

I discuss here the nature of nonconscious mental states and the ways in which they may differ from their conscious counterparts. I first survey reasons to think that mental states can and often do occur without being conscious. Then, insofar as the nature of nonconscious mentality depends on how we understand the nature of consciousness, I review some of the major theories of consciousness and explore what restrictions they may place on the kinds of states that can occur nonconsciously. I close with a discussion of what makes a state mental, if consciousness is not the mark of the mental

Altered state · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Consciousness · Electromagnetic theories of consciousness · Mental activity · Mental state · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Neuroscience · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology

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