CH. 16 Kinds of Consciousness Flashcards
creature consciousness
an individual is creature conscious when the individual is awake and mentally responsive to stimuli—rather than, for example, asleep or anaesthetized.
phenomenal consciousness
a mental state is phenomenally conscious when there is something that it is like for the individual to be in that state
access consciousness
a mental state is access conscious when the information
contained in that state is available for use in thought and behavior—for example,
the state’s information may be used as a premise in reasoning or for the rational
control of action and speech.
state consciousness
a mental state is state conscious when an individual is
subjectively aware of being in that state
transitive consciousness
an individual is transitively conscious (or, as some
simply put it, aware) of something when the individual is mentally responsive to
that thing, typically by either perceiving it or having a thought about it.
introspective consciousness
a conscious mental state (or, equivalently, an
individual) is introspectively conscious when the individual is subjectively aware
of being in that state in a deliberate and attentive way.
self-consciousness
an individual is self-conscious when the individual is subjectively aware of itself.
