The gaze of consciousness
Journal of Consciousness Studies 9 (2):31-48 (2002)
| Abstract | According to one influential view, consciousness has an awareness– content structure: any experience consists of the awareness of some content. I focus on one version of this dualism, and argue that it should be rejected. My principal argument is directed at the status of the supposed contents of aware- ness; I argue that neither of the principal options is tenable, albeit for different reasons. Although the doctrine in question may seem to be supported by the find- ings of researchers in meditative traditions, I question whether this evidence sup- ports the dualism that is my target here. To conclude, I introduce an innocuous mode of pure awareness | |||||||||
| Keywords | Awareness Consciousness Content Gaze Metaphysics Phenomenology | |||||||||
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