Simply put, The Consciousness Paradox offers the best contemporary defense of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness to date. With his distinctive clear style and rigorous argumentation, Gennaro deftly demonstrates how his own unique HOT theory presents the best hope of solving the apparent paradox of consciousness. Richly argued and empirically well informed on issues ranging from animal and infant metacognition to the most recent findings in neuroscience, The Consciousness Paradox is an absolute most-read for any serious philosopher or researcher interested in the discovering the truth about the nature and distribution of consciousness. -- Robert W. Lurz, Professor of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, CUNY, and author of Mindreading Animals Rocco Gennaro develops and ramifies his distinctive 'wide intrinsicality view' to excellent effect, defends it against the toughest objections, and rebuts his closest competitors. Further, he provides a novel argument for conceptualism regarding perceptual content and relates it to recent work in cognitive and brain science -- on concept acquisition, animal cognition, autism, NCCs, and the binding problem. -- William G. Lycan, University of North Carolina The Consciousness Paradox is an engaging and provocative book! As is widely recognized, there is a form of consciousness that mental states have when their subjects are directly and non-inferentially aware of them. Rocco Gennaro develops a distinctive and appealing account of this form of consciousness and maintains that all other forms, including the elusive phenomenal consciousness, are reducible to it without remainder. Gennaro's arguments also throw light on a range of important topics, including the grain of conscious experience, the nature of concepts, infant consciousness, and animal consciousness. -- Christopher Hill, Department of Philosophy, Brown University
Rocco J. Gennaro is Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at the University of Southern Indiana and the author of The Consciousness Paradox: Consciousness, Concepts, and Higher-Order Thoughts (MIT Press).
With comprehensive argumentation throughout, this book is an
important addition to the literature on higher order theories of
consciousness.
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