PHLC95H3 Chapter : John Campbell- Introduction.docx
Document Summary
Connection between refererence and consciousness has been lost sight of. we understand ref better in view that it is at bottom a phenomenon of cons. We know how to think about cons if we know that cons of obj provides knowledge of reference. Reference: how our thoughts and words connect to the things about which we think and talk about. Attention: is an element of control of the whole system. Pointing, act of drawing someone"s attention to an object. Reference to the object depends on attention to the object. Attention as a phenomenon of consciousness that matters for knowledge of reference. To understand how kor depends on attention, one must understand the relation between experiential h of an object and underlying shifts in the configuration of info-processing machinery. Description of what kor is and what it does. What it does (significance): first look at the functional role of conscious attention. 1)attention as phenomenon of consciousness and 2)attention as an info-processing phenomenon.
