“I do think it's important to distinguish between intentionalism about consciousness and externalism about consciousness. Intentionalism says that consciousness is a form of intentionality - the representation of things to the mind. Externalism says that these things have to exist in order for them to be represented, or presented. These are different views.” ThinkingMindImportantDifferentFormOrderViewsConsciousnessRepresentationDifferent ViewsIntentionality Author:Tim Crane
“We have no proper understanding of the relationship between conscious thought and conscious sensation. The various forms of thought and sensation are underpinned by very different neural mechanisms; so how can the neural correlate of their conscious natures be the same? I don't think we are yet in a position to make such speculations. To make progress, we have to have a good conception of the phenomenology of consciousness, among other things.” ThinkingDifferentUnderstandingConsciousnessProgressConsciousVariousSpeculation Author:Tim Crane
“I do think that philosophy and science are very different intellectual enterprises, but that does not mean that when we get knowledge from philosophy it is a different kind of knowledge.” ThinkingKindMeanDifferentPhilosophyIntellectualEnterpriseDifferent Kinds Author:Tim Crane
“There are no a priori obstacles to the scientific knowledge of the mind, but the scientific knowledge of the mind is not all the knowledge of the mind that there is. This is not an objection to science, it is just a distinction between different kinds of knowledge.” MindKindDifferentObstaclesDifferent Kinds Author:Tim Crane
