Philosophy of Mind

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Philosophy of Consciousness (4,152 | 332)David Chalmers

Philosophy of Consciousness, Miscellaneous (264 | 40)David Chalmers

Philosophy of Consciousness, General Works (74)David Chalmers

The Concept of Consciousness (57)David Chalmers

Philosophy of Consciousness, Misc (93)David Chalmers

Explaining Consciousness? (533 | 43)David Chalmers

What is it Like? (58)David Chalmers

Subjectivity and Consciousness (105)David Chalmers

The Explanatory Gap (98)David Chalmers

`Hard' and `Easy' Problems (76)David Chalmers

Cognitive Closure (14)David Chalmers

Conceptual Analysis and A Priori Entailment (31)David Chalmers

Explaining Consciousness, Misc (108)David Chalmers

Theories of Consciousness (799 | 69)

Representationalism* (129)David Bourget

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (142 | 16)Richard Brown

Higher-Order Thought Theories of Consciousness (60)Richard Brown

Higher-Order Perception Theories of Consciousness (5)Richard Brown

Self-Representational Theories of Consciousness (40)Uriah Kriegel

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness, Misc (21)Richard Brown

Functionalist Theories of Consciousness (48 | 16)

Dennett's Functionalism (24)

Functionalism and Qualia* (37)Andrew Bailey

Absent Qualia* (4)Andrew Bailey

Cognitive Models of Consciousness* (26)

Functionalist Theories of Consciousness, Misc (8)

Biological Theories of Consciousness (125 | 10)

Searle's Biological Naturalism (102)

Consciousness and Biology* (142 | 7)

Neurobiological Theories and Models of Consciousness* (51)

Mind-Brain Identity Theory* (59)István Aranyosi

Biological Theories of Consciousness, Misc (13)

Panpsychism (169 | 73)Sam Coleman

The Combination Problem for Panpsychism (34)Gregory Miller

Neutral Monism* (38)

Russellian Monism* (57)Tom McClelland

History: Panpsychism (9)Gregory Miller

Panpsychism, Misc (53)

Theories of Consciousness, Misc (246 | 17)

Dualism about Consciousness (62)

Eliminativism about Consciousness (7)

Illusionism about Consciousness (19)

Idealism* (125)A. P. Taylor

Phenomenalism* (31)Michael Pelczar

Neutral Monism (38)

Russellian Monism (57)Tom McClelland

Theories of Consciousness, Miscellaneous (46)

Consciousness and Content (533 | 14)David Bourget

Consciousness and Intentionality (79)David Bourget

Representationalism (129)David Bourget

Phenomenal Intentionality (81)David Bourget and Angela Mendelovici

Conscious Thought (86)David Bourget

Internalism and Externalism about Experience (27)David Bourget

Phenomenal Concepts (90)David Bourget

Consciousness and Content, Misc (29)David Bourget

Aspects of Consciousness (386 | 120)

Extended Consciousness (15)Karina Vold

The Unity of Consciousness (57)

Homogeneity of Consciousness (2)

Knowledge of Consciousness (72)

The Function of Consciousness (26)

Unconscious States (34)

Collective Consciousness (19)

The Value of Consciousness (24)Geoffrey Lee

Aspects of Consciousness, Misc (19)

Conscious States (127 | 19)

Perception* (4,421 | 177)Benj Hellie

Emotions* (1,043 | 268)Demian Whiting

Temporal Experience* (220 | 35)Ian Phillips

Bodily Experience* (127 | 39)

Attention and Consciousness* (85)Sebastian Watzl

Consciousness of Action (47)Myrto Mylopoulos

Inner Speech* (37)Daniel Gregory

Cognitive Phenomenology (55)Jordan Dodd

Pleasure* (163 | 3)Chris Heathwood

Pain* (231 | 54)Jennifer Corns

Conscious States, Misc (6)

Qualia (319 | 56)Andrew Bailey

Qualia, Misc (70)Andrew Bailey

Qualia and Materialism (120)Andrew Bailey

Eliminativism about Qualia (12)Andrew Bailey

The Inverted Spectrum (20)Andrew Bailey

Absent Qualia (4)Andrew Bailey

Functionalism and Qualia (37)Andrew Bailey

Self-Consciousness (335 | 58)

Self-Consciousness in Psychology* (61)

Immunity to Error through Misidentification (32)

Animal Self-Consciousness* (33)

Functionalism and Self-Consciousness (14)

First-Person Contents* (192)Clas Weber

Self-Consciousness in Experience (89)

Self-Consciousness in Action (38)

Nonconceptual/Prereflective Self-Consciousness (51)

Self-Consciousness, Misc (53)

Science of Consciousness* (2,080 | 89)Eve A. Isham

Intentionality (2,851 | 148)Robert D. Rupert

Propositional Attitudes (179 | 56)

The Language of Thought (38)

The Intentional Stance (18)

Eliminativism about Propositional Attitudes (20)

Belief* (535 | 113)Rima Basu

Desire* (235 | 29)Neil Sinhababu

Thought and Thinking* (203 | 78)

Propositions* (427 | 7)Thomas William Strickland Hodgson

Attitude Ascriptions* (271 | 56)Gary Ostertag

Propositional Attitudes, Misc (47)

Content Internalism and Externalism (667 | 54)Laura Schroeter

Varieties of Content Externalism (78 | 7)Gabriel Rabin

Twin Earth and Externalism (30)Gabriel Rabin

Social Externalism (26)Gabriel Rabin

Extended Cognition* (349 | 23)David Chalmers

Internalism and Externalism about Experience* (27)David Bourget

Varieties of Content Externalism, Misc (15)Gabriel Rabin

Externalism and Self-Knowledge (67 | 21)T. Parent

Externalism and Slow Switching (15)T. Parent

Externalism and Armchair Knowledge (20)T. Parent

Externalism and Self-Knowledge, Misc (11)T. Parent

Externalism and Cognitive Science (38 | 8)

Externalism and Computation (1)

Externalism and the Theory of Vision (2)

Externalism and Psychological Explanation (16)

Externalism and Cognitive Science, Misc (11)

Extended Cognition (349 | 23)David Chalmers

The Extended Mind Thesis (59)Karina Vold

Applications of Extended Cognition (65)Karina Vold

Extended Cognitive Science (29)

Extended Cognition and Ethics (16)Karina Vold

Extended Consciousness* (15)Karina Vold

Extended Epistemology (44)

Extended Selves (15)Richard Heersmink

Metaphysics of Extended Cognition (12)

Objections to Extended Cognition (23)

Socially Extended Cognition (26)Karina Vold

Extended Cognition, Misc (37)

Content Internalism and Externalism, Misc (81 | 21)

Externalism and Mental Causation (8)Carrie Figdor

Narrow Content (26)

Two-Dimensionalism about Content* (13)David Chalmers

Content Internalism and Externalism, Miscellaneous (26)

Naturalizing Mental Content (403 | 30)Dan Ryder

Information-Based Accounts of Mental Content (40)Ben Phillips

Asymmetric-Dependence Accounts of Mental Content (10)

Causal Accounts of Mental Content, Misc (30)

Teleological Accounts of Mental Content (64)Ming Tan

Inferentialist Accounts of Meaning and Content (103)Paul Piwek

Interpretivist Accounts of Meaning and Content (65)

Phenomenal Intentionality* (81)David Bourget and Angela Mendelovici

Naturalizing Mental Content, Misc (61)

The Nature of Contents (349 | 32)

The Contents of Perception* (554 | 16)Susanna Siegel

Conceptual and Nonconceptual Content* (112)Susanna Siegel

Fregean and Russellian Contents (28)

First-Person Contents (192)Clas Weber

Intentional Objects (28)

Narrow Content* (26)

Object-Dependent Contents (20)Blakely Phillips

Propositions* (427 | 7)Thomas William Strickland Hodgson

Two-Dimensionalism about Content (13)David Chalmers

The Nature of Contents, Misc (36)

Aspects of Intentionality (403 | 36)

Naturalism and Intentionality (64)

Kripkenstein on Meaning* (67)Indrek Reiland

Rule-Following (71)Indrek Reiland

Normativity of Meaning and Content* (79)Indrek Reiland

Meaning Holism* (33)Indrek Reiland

Explanatory Role of Content (22)

Collective Intentionality (185)Kirk Ludwig

Aspects of Intentionality, Misc (25)

Representation (252 | 75)Zoe Drayson

The Concept of Representation (23)

Varieties of Representation (64)Joshua Myers

Theories of Representation (40)

Skepticism about Representations (17)

Depiction* (130)Ben Blumson

Representation in Cognitive Science* (152)

Representation in Neuroscience* (65)

Representation in Artificial Intelligence* (217 | 49)Michael Rescorla

Representation, Misc (33)

Intentionality, Misc (85)

Perception (4,421 | 177)Benj Hellie

The Nature of Perceptual Experience (618 | 95)Benj Hellie

Sense-Datum Theories (42)Benj Hellie

Adverbialism and Qualia Theories (17)Benj Hellie

Intentionalist Theories of Perception (85)Benj Hellie

Belief Theories of Perception (8)Benj Hellie

Naive and Direct Realism (159)Benj Hellie

Disjunctivism (85)Heather Logue

The Nature of Perceptual Experience, Misc (127)Benj Hellie

The Perceptual Relation (290 | 94)Susanna Schellenberg

The Causal Theory of Perception (27)Susanna Schellenberg

Direct and Indirect Perception (55)Susanna Schellenberg

The Objects of Perception (50)Susanna Schellenberg

Perceptual Particularity (24)Susanna Schellenberg

The Perceptual Relation, Misc (40)Susanna Schellenberg

The Contents of Perception (554 | 16)Susanna Siegel

Conceptual and Nonconceptual Content (112)Susanna Siegel

Color Experience (52)Susanna Siegel

Spatial Experience (86)Susanna Siegel

The Experience of Objects (73)Susanna Siegel

The Experience of High-Level Properties (74)Susanna Siegel

The Contents of Perception, Misc (141)Susanna Siegel

Sensory Modalities (363 | 26)Casey O'Callaghan

Distinguishing the Senses (19)Casey O'Callaghan

Vision (84)Casey O'Callaghan

Hearing (30)Casey O'Callaghan

Touch (36)Louise Richardson

Smell (34)Louise Richardson

Taste Experience (19)Cain Todd

Bodily Experience* (127 | 39)

Molyneux's Problem (15)Casey O'Callaghan

Synesthesia* (14)Ophelia Deroy

Sensory Modalities, Misc (37)Casey O'Callaghan

Crossmodal Perception (54)Casey O'Callaghan

Sensory Disabilities and Disorders (9)Casey O'Callaghan

Blindness (3)Casey O'Callaghan

Deafness (2)Teresa Burke

Sensory Disabilities and Disorders, Misc (4)Casey O'Callaghan

Blindsight* (13)

Synesthesia* (14)Ophelia Deroy

Science of Perception (531 | 67)

Modularity and Cognitive Penetrability (118)Dustin Stokes

Ecological Approaches to Perception (71)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Construction and Inference in Perception (43)Ayoob Shahmoradi

Perception and Neuroscience (106)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Psychophysics (30)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Gestalt Theory (47)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Visual Pathways* (15)

Binocular Rivalry* (6)

Blindsight* (13)

Change/Inattentional Blindness* (43)Bradley Richards

Science of Visual Consciousness* (197 | 24)

Computer Vision* (8)

Science of Perception, Misc (49)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Perception and the Mind (349 | 45)

Perceptual Knowledge* (684 | 20)Susanna Schellenberg

Perception and Thought (67)Dustin Stokes

Perception and Action (67)

Perception and Reference (25)

Perception and Phenomenology (122)

Perception-Based Theories of Concepts* (20)Daniel Weiskopf

Perception and the Mind, Misc (23)

Perceptual Qualities (168 | 41)

Color* (203 | 49)Alex Byrne

Sound (32)Casey O'Callaghan

Discriminability (41)Benj Hellie

Primary and Secondary Qualities (36)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Perceptual Qualities, Misc (18)

Qualia* (319 | 56)Andrew Bailey

Color (203 | 49)Alex Byrne

Physicalist Theories of Color (21)Alex Byrne

Dispositionalist Theories of Color (15)Alex Byrne

Primitivist Theories of Color (10)Alex Byrne

Theories of Color, Misc (25)Alex Byrne

Color Realism (31)Alex Byrne

Color Irrealism (18)Alex Byrne

Color Terms (13)Alex Byrne

Color, Misc (21)Alex Byrne

Aspects of Perception (254 | 27)Benj Hellie

Illusion and Hallucination (66)Benj Hellie

Transparency (37)Benj Hellie

The Given* (67)Benj Hellie

Perceptual Reports (22)Benj Hellie

Sensation and Perception (42)Benj Hellie

Perceptual Constancy (43)John O'Dea

Aspects of Perception, Misc (18)Benj Hellie

Philosophy of Perception, General (229)

Metaphysics of Mind (1,350 | 197)

Physicalism about the Mind (270 | 14)István Aranyosi

Formulating Physicalism (72)Gabriel Rabin

Consciousness and Materialism* (528 | 68)David Chalmers

Qualia and Materialism* (120)Andrew Bailey

Mind-Brain Identity Theory (59)István Aranyosi

Eliminative Materialism (25)István Aranyosi

Anomalous Monism (12)István Aranyosi

Nonreductive Materialism* (71)John Donaldson

Physicalism about the Mind, Misc (88)István Aranyosi

Dualism (178 | 48)Andreas Elpidorou

Causal Closure of the Physical* (64)David Spurrett

Interactionism (36)

Epiphenomenalism (38)

Psychophysical Parallelism (7)

Dualism about Consciousness* (62)

Dualism, Misc (49)

Behaviorism (34 | 12)

Logical Behaviorism (15)

Psychological Behaviorism* (16)

Behaviorism, Misc (7)

Functionalism (108 | 32)

Causal Role Functionalism (24)

Machine Functionalism (16)

Functionalist Theories of Consciousness* (48 | 16)

Functionalism and Qualia* (37)Andrew Bailey

Functionalism, Misc (36)

Other Psychophysical Theories (9 | 9)

Idealism* (125)A. P. Taylor

Neutral Monism* (38)

Panpsychism* (169 | 73)Sam Coleman

Russellian Monism* (57)Tom McClelland

Psychophysical Reduction (99 | 6)John Donaldson

Nonreductive Materialism (71)John Donaldson

Reduction in Cognitive Science* (82)Mitchell Herschbach

Multiple Realizability* (50)John Donaldson

Psychophysical Reduction, Misc (22)John Donaldson

Other Psychophysical Relations (49 | 5)

Conceptual Analysis and A Priori Entailment* (31)David Chalmers

Realization* (77 | 1)Ronald Endicott

Psychophysical Supervenience (19)Andreas Elpidorou

Token Identity* (17)

Psychophysical Emergence (24)

Other Psychophysical Relations, Misc (1)

Mental Causation (204 | 10)Sven Walter

Anomalous Monism and Mental Causation (9)David Frost

Causal Overdetermination* (40)Sara Bernstein

Causal Closure of the Physical* (64)David Spurrett

Downward Causation* (60)Sara Bernstein

Epiphenomenalism* (38)

Explanatory Role of Content* (22)

Externalism and Mental Causation* (8)Carrie Figdor

Functionalism and Mental Causation (10)

Psychological Explanation* (100)Cameron Buckner

Reasons and Causes* (106)Errol Lord

Supervenient Causation* (18)D. Gene Witmer

The Exclusion Problem (95)John Donaldson

The Function of Consciousness* (26)

Mental Causation, Misc (80)

Theories of Personal Identity* (418 | 96)

Free Will* (2,021 | 70)Justin A. Capes

Cognitive Ontologies (54)

Metaphysics of Mind, Misc (148)

Mental States and Processes (4,703 | 115)

Belief (535 | 113)Rima Basu

Attitude Ascriptions* (271 | 56)Gary Ostertag

Belief, Misc (107)

Belief Revision* (138 | 50)

Collective Belief (48)

Degrees of Belief* (156)

De Re Belief (42)Oliver Marshall

Doxastic Voluntarism* (98)Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen

Ethics of Belief* (305)Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen

Moore's Paradox* (58)Peter van Elswyk

The Nature of Belief (190)Rima Basu

Tacit and Dispositional Belief (35)

Creativity (71)Dustin Stokes

Bodily Experience (127 | 39)

Bodily Awareness (36)

Bodily Experience, Misc (19)

Bodily Sensations (33)Blakely Phillips

Embodiment and Situated Cognition* (414)Mog Stapleton

Pain* (231 | 54)Jennifer Corns

Desire (235 | 29)Neil Sinhababu

Desire and Reason* (99)Jonathan Way

Desire as Belief (19)

Pleasure and Desire (39)

Desire and Motivation (74)Joshua May

Higher-Order Desire (2)

Theories of Desire, Misc (37)

Desire Satisfaction Accounts of Well-Being* (64)Chris Heathwood

Desire, Misc (35)

Dreams (27 | 13)Louise Moody

Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming* (24)

Dreams and Skepticism* (6)

Dreams, Misc (8)Louise Moody

The Nature of Dreaming (6)Louise Moody

Emotions (1,043 | 268)Demian Whiting

Theories of Emotion (285 | 59)

Cognitive Theories of Emotions (58)Demian Whiting

Somatic and Feeling Theories of Emotion (34)

Perceptual Theories of Emotion (44)

Theories of Emotion, Misc (90)

Varieties of Emotion (207 | 38)

Classifying Emotions (28)Demian Whiting

Moods (24)Andreas Elpidorou

Aesthetics and Emotions* (110)

Emotions and Feelings (63)Demian Whiting

Emotions and Appraisals (26)

Moral Emotion* (318 | 109)

Philosophy of Love* (264 | 46)Vida Yao

Jealousy* (4)Rachel Fredericks

Happiness* (101)

Anger* (53)

Disgust* (28)

Varieties of Emotion, Misc (28)

Aspects of Emotion (227 | 24)

Emotion and Reason (55)

Objects and Contents of Emotions (70)Daniel Shargel

Knowledge of Emotion (18)

Emotional Expression (24)

Aspects of Emotion, Misc (36)

Emotions, Misc (57 | 57)

Music and Emotion* (43)

Sport and Emotion* (5)

Emotion and Consciousness in Psychology* (46)

Psychopathology and Emotion* (36)Simon Riches

Animal Emotion* (23)

Moral Emotion* (318 | 109)

Animal Emotion* (23)

Imagination (453 | 72)Amy Kind

Theories of Imagination (71)

Epistemology of Imagination (49)Joshua Myers

Imaginative Resistance (26)Amy Kind

Imagination and Imagery (80)Amy Kind

Imagination and Pretense (57)Amy Kind

Imagination and Memory (35)

Imagination, Misc (53)Amy Kind

Conceivability, Imagination, and Possibility* (114)Anand Vaidya

Visual Imagery and Imagination* (69)Alma Barner

Moral Imagination* (28)

Aesthetic Imagination* (74)

Literary Imagination* (86)

Religious Imagination* (74)Guy Axtell

Scientific Imagination* (20)

History: Imagination (10)

Intelligence* (50)Devin Sanchez Curry

Intuition* (235 | 34)Sebastian Sunday Grève

Memory (733 | 72)John Sutton

Theories of Memory (161)André Sant'Anna

Epistemology of Memory (102)Matthew Frise

Memory and Cognitive Science (148)Felipe De Brigard

Autobiographical Memory (95)Junjie Yang

Time and Memory (49)

Embodied Memory (33)

Social and Cultural Memory (32)Junjie Yang

Conscious and Unconscious Memory* (33)Rajendra Badgaiyan

Amnesia* (10)Junjie Yang

Memory, Misc (41)

Mental Actions (78)Michael Brent

Mental Imagery (87)Joshua Myers

Moral Psychology* (3,300 | 220)Joshua May

Pain (231 | 54)Jennifer Corns

The Concept of Pain (37)

Location of Pain (22)Chenwei Nie

Pain and Pain Experience (58)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Pain and Perception (29)Tiina Carita Rosenqvist

Pain, Misc (20)

Pain and Mental Objects (11)

Pleasure and Pain* (68)

Animal Pain* (7)Adam Shriver

Pleasure (163 | 3)Chris Heathwood

Aesthetic Pleasure* (57)

Hedonist Accounts of Well-Being* (81)Ben Bramble

Pleasure and Desire* (39)

Pleasure and Pain (68)

Pleasure, Misc (11)

The Value of Pleasure (41)Ben Bramble

History: Pleasure (40)

Temporal Experience (220 | 35)Ian Phillips

Experience of Temporal Passage (123)

The Specious Present (18)

Time and Memory* (49)

Temporal Experience, Misc (44)

Thought and Thinking (203 | 78)

Conscious Thought* (86)David Bourget

Critical Thinking* (97)Steven W. Patterson

Thought and Thinking, Misc (68)

Reasoning* (724 | 62)Joshua Schechter

Suspended Judgment (20)

Inner Speech (37)Daniel Gregory

Mental States, Misc (74)

Epistemology of Mind (760 | 102)

Self-Knowledge (434 | 95)

Observation-Based Accounts of Self-Knowledge (36)

Expression-Based Accounts of Self-Knowledge (23)

Rationality-Based Accounts of Self-Knowledge (47)

Externalism and Self-Knowledge* (67 | 21)T. Parent

Knowledge of Consciousness* (72)

Knowledge of Emotion* (18)

First-Person Authority and Privileged Access (123)

First-Person Approaches in the Science of Consciousness* (324 | 24)

Introspection and Introspectionism* (140)Kevin Reuter

Infallibility and Incorrigibility In Self-Knowledge (42)

Self-Deception* (67)Kevin Lynch

History: Self-Knowledge (12)

Self-Knowledge, Misc (56)

The Problem of Other Minds (150 | 34)William E. S. McNeill

Analogy and Other Minds (10)William E. S. McNeill

Abduction and Other Minds (5)William E. S. McNeill

Criteria and Other Minds (8)

Concepts of Other Minds (10)William E. S. McNeill

Direct Knowledge and Other Minds (38)

Induction and Other Minds (5)William E. S. McNeill

Other Minds, Misc (31)William E. S. McNeill

Private Language and Other Minds (9)

Perceptual Knowledge* (684 | 20)Susanna Schellenberg

Epistemology of Mind, Misc (74)

Philosophy of Mind, Miscellaneous (565 | 133)

Philosophy of Mind, General Works (135)

Animal Minds* (333 | 26)Colin Allen

Collective Mentality (64 | 27)Bryce Huebner

Collective Belief* (48)

Collective Action* (154)Joseph Kisolo-Ssonko

Collective Consciousness* (19)

Collective Epistemology* (170 | 169)

Collective Intentions* (58)

Collective Responsibility* (137)Garrath Williams

Collective Mentality, Misc (37)Bryce Huebner

Joint Attention* (30)Michael Wilby

Philosophy of Mind, Misc (233)

Persons* (1,521 | 43)Timothy Campbell

Philosophy of Cognitive Science* (10,723)

History/traditions: Philosophy of Mind

Experimental Philosophy of Mind (91 | 27)
Feminist Philosophy of Mind (10)
Aristotle: Philosophy of Mind (178 | 6)
Plato: Philosophy of Mind (178 | 15)
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy of Mind (8 | 8)
Aquinas: Philosophy of Mind (10 | 2)
Medieval Philosophy of Mind (40)
Berkeley: Philosophy of Mind (42 | 3)
Hobbes: Philosophy of Mind (19)
Hume: Philosophy of Mind (128 | 22)
Locke: Philosophy of Mind (89 | 5)
Kant: Philosophy of Mind (433 | 36)
Leibniz: Philosophy of Mind (47)
Spinoza: Philosophy of Mind (156)
Hegel: Philosophy of Mind (78 | 3)
Nietzsche: Philosophy of Mind (36 | 5)
Popper: Philosophy of Mind (2)
Husserl: Philosophy of Mind (321 | 33)
Continental Philosophy of Mind (12 | 12)