1. Higher-order theories of consciousness

    Higher-order theories of consciousness postulate that consciousness consists in perceptions or thoughts about first-order mental states. In particular, phenomenal consciousness is thought to be a higher-order representation of perceptual or quasi-perceptual contents, such as visual images. Higher-order theories are distinguished from other cognitive/representational accounts of consciousness which suggest that merely first-order mentality of certain sorts constitutes consciousness. Wikipedia

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  2. Jan 23, 2025Simulating higher-order topological materials in synthetic quantum matter is an active research frontier for its theoretical significance in fundamental physics and promising applications in quantum technologies. Here we experimentally implement two-dimensional (2D) momentum lattices with highly programmable ability using ultracold 87Rb atoms. Through precise control of experimental parameters ...
  3. plato.stanford.edu

    Higher-order theorists do agree that one must normally become aware of the lower-order state non-inferentially since mental states can sometimes become targets of higher-order representation via conscious inference without being phenomenally conscious. For example, if I become aware of my unconscious desire to kill my boss because I have ...
    Author:Peter Carruthers, Rocco GennaroPublished:2001
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    Higher-order theories of consciousness postulate that consciousness consists in perceptions or thoughts about first-order mental states. [1] [2] [3] In particular, phenomenal consciousness is thought to be a higher-order representation of perceptual or quasi-perceptual contents, such as visual images.[1]Higher-order theories are distinguished from other cognitive/representational accounts of ...
  5. psychologytoday.com

    Oct 7, 2023First-order and higher-order mental states. According to higher-order theories, consciousness arises when a mental state is accompanied by a higher-order mental state that re-represents it (or ...
  6. Dec 19, 2024The surface states of intrinsic higher order topological phases are protected by the spatial symmetries of a finite sample. This property makes the existing scattering theory of topological invariants inapplicable because the scattering geometry is either incompatible with the symmetry or does not probe the bulk topology. We resolve this obstacle by using a symmetric scattering geometry that ...
  7. plato.stanford.edu

    Rather, the relationship between the conscious state in question and the higher-order state is said to be constitutive, or internal. (See Kriegel 2006, for a useful review; and see Kriegel and Williford 2006, for a number of proposals along these lines.) I shall refer to these as 'self-representational' higher-order theories.
  8. Examples include first-order representationalism (FOR) which attempts to explain conscious experience primarily in terms of world-directed (or first-order) intentional states (Tye 2005) as well as several versions of higher-order representationalism (HOR) which holds that what makes a mental state M conscious is that it is the object of some ...
  9. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Higher-order theories all explain what it is for states to be conscious by appeal to an awareness of that state; because it is an awareness of another state, we can call it a higher-order awareness (HOA). No state of which one is not in any way aware is a conscious state.
  10. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    That is, the first-order state is said to be transformed into a phenomenally conscious state by virtue of it being represented by the higher-order state (92, 122, 123). This is depicted in Fig. 3B by the arrow between the higher-order and lower-order state; in other words, the higher-order state makes conscious the lower-order state. This idea ...
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