Mental representation and self-consciousness : : from basic self-representation to self-related cognition / / Gottfried Vosgerau.

• VerfasserIn: Vosgerau, Gottfried,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn, Germany : : Mentis,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (179 pages) :; illustrations

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Mental Representationand Self-Consciousness: From Basic Self-Representation to Self-Related Cognition
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 The Problem of Self-Consciousness
• 1.1.1 Content and Phenomenology
• 1.1.2 TheReference of 'I'
• 1.2 Methodology
• 1.2.1 Cognitive Sciences
• 1.2.2 Representation andContent
• 1.3 Overlook
• 2. THEORIES OF REPRESENTATION
• 2.1 Conventional Theories
• 2.2 Similarity Theories
• 2.3 Causal Theories
• 2.4 Summary
• 3. THE FUNCTIONALISTIC APPROACH
• 3.1 The Function to "Mean"
• 3.2 Representational Content
• 3.3 Functions and Arguments
• 3.4 Adequacy and the Structure of Representations
• 3.5 Summary
• 4. VARIETIES OF REPRESENTATION
• 4.1 External Representations
• 4.1.1 Simple Representations
• 4.1.2 Indices, Icons, and Symbols
• 4.1.3 Models
• 4.2 Sensational and Perceptual Representations
• 4.2.1 SensationalRepresentations
• 4.2.2 Perceptual Representations
• 4.3 Conceptual Representations
• 4.4 Meta-Representations
• 4.5 Cognitive Development
• 5. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
• 5.1 The Cognitive versus the Linguistic Approach
• 5.2 I-Thoughts and Self-Consciousness
• 5.2.1 Errors and Immunity
• 5.2.2 Perceptual Self-Consciousness
• 5.2.3 Conceptual Self-Consciousness
• 5.2.4 Self-Image
• 5.2.5 Meta-Representational Self-Consciousness
• 5.2.6 Summary: Different Levels of Self-Consciousness
• 5.3 Classical Features of Self-Consciousness
• 6. SELF-REPRESENTATION
• 6.1 Essentially Self-Related Representations
• 6.2 Indexicals and Action
• 6.3 Varieties of Self-Representation and Developmental Aspects
• 7. PERCEPTUAL SELF-REPRESENTATION
• 7.1 Self-World Distinction
• 7.1.1 The Comparator-Model
• 7.1.2 The Presuppositions of the Comparator-Model
• 7.1.3 Perceptual Self-Acquaintance
• 7.1.4 Basic Perceptual Self-Representations
• 7.2 The Body-Image.
• 7.2.1 Body-Schema and Body-Image
• 7.2.2 Feeling of Ownership and Feeling of Agency
• 7.3 Spatial Representations
• 7.3.1 Evidences for Different Spatial Representations
• 7.3.2 The Structure of Egocentric Representations
• 7.4 Perceptual Self-Consciousness
• 8. CONCEPTUAL SELF-REPRESENTATION
• 8.1 Judgment of Agency
• 8.2 The Self-Image
• 8.3 Spatial Representation
• 8.4 Conceptual Self-Consciousness
• 9. SELF-RELATED META-REPRESENTATIONS
• 9.1 Nonconceptual Meta-Representations
• 9.2 Conceptual Meta-Representations
• 9.2.1 Theory of Mind
• 9.2.2 Authorship of Thoughts
• 9.3 Self-Knowledge
• 9.3.1 Epistemic Status
• 9.3.2 First Person Authority
• 9.3.3 The Intellectual Self-Image
• 9.4 Meta-Representational Self-Consciousness
• 10. EXPLAINING THE FEATURES OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
• 10.1 Perspectivity
• 10.1.1 Spatial Perspectivity
• 10.1.2 Intellectual Perspectivity
• 10.2 Unity and Ownership
• 10.3 Authorship and Agency
• 10.4 Conclusion
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX.