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Attention Discussion Blog: The Phenomenology of Attention

Dear Readers of the Brains Blog: I’m in the final stages of writing the chapter on the phenomenology of attention for a book on attention for Routledge:...

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The Phenomenology of Attention?

Here’s William James: [Attention] is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization,...

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Philosophy in the Sea of Science

Thanks to John for the invitation to post in the Brains blog and for his detailed introduction and overview of my work. I also want to commend him for the many exciting developments since he took over...

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On Automaticity and Control

[Update: given really helpful discussion below, I’ve put a summary of some of the extended comments below] I want to begin with a distinction that I think is fundamental to our thinking about the mind...

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Self-Monitoring and Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

The positive symptoms of schizophrenia present one striking and debilitating aspect of the disorder and include delusions of control (where subjects take actions they perform to be done by others),...

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What is Attention?

I’m going to push this topic ahead of discussing the visual streams since it is connected to the very active discussion that we had on automaticity and control in the second post. Apologies to those...

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Introspective Attention: Transparency or Acquaintance? Part 1

Given that the school year at CMU starts today, this will be my last post (split in two). Thanks to readers for very helpful discussion in the previous posts. Part 2 will be published late Tuesday or...

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Introspective Attention, Part 2

The final part, though I might add something about some issues that have arisen in comments. Anyway, here’s the idea to be unpacked: Introspective and perceptual attention rely in the same way on...

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Precis of Attention (Routledge)

A precis of my book, Attention, can be found at Lisa Bortolotti’s blog, Imperfect Cognitions: http://imperfectcognitions.blogspot.de/2014/07/attention.html Both Lisa and I were featured scholars here...

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Action Summer School: Tübingen

Hong Yu Wong and his group are organizing an interdisciplinary action summer school in Tübingen (4/20-4/25). Graduate students and younger scholars in the cognitive science and philosophy of action are...

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Attention Discussion Blog: The Phenomenology of Attention

Dear Readers of the Brains Blog: I’m in the final stages of writing the chapter on the phenomenology of attention for a book on attention for Routledge:...

View Article

The Phenomenology of Attention?

Here’s William James: [Attention] is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization,...

View Article

Philosophy in the Sea of Science

Thanks to John for the invitation to post in the Brains blog and for his detailed introduction and overview of my work. I also want to commend him for the many exciting developments since he took over...

View Article


On Automaticity and Control

[Update: given really helpful discussion below, I’ve put a summary of some of the extended comments below] I want to begin with a distinction that I think is fundamental to our thinking about the mind...

View Article

Self-Monitoring and Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

The positive symptoms of schizophrenia present one striking and debilitating aspect of the disorder and include delusions of control (where subjects take actions they perform to be done by others),...

View Article


What is Attention?

I’m going to push this topic ahead of discussing the visual streams since it is connected to the very active discussion that we had on automaticity and control in the second post. Apologies to those...

View Article

Introspective Attention: Transparency or Acquaintance? Part 1

Given that the school year at CMU starts today, this will be my last post (split in two). Thanks to readers for very helpful discussion in the previous posts. Part 2 will be published late Tuesday or...

View Article


Introspective Attention, Part 2

The final part, though I might add something about some issues that have arisen in comments. Anyway, here’s the idea to be unpacked: Introspective and perceptual attention rely in the same way on...

View Article

Precis of Attention (Routledge)

A precis of my book, Attention, can be found at Lisa Bortolotti’s blog, Imperfect Cognitions: https://imperfectcognitions.blogspot.de/2014/07/attention.html Both Lisa and I were featured scholars here...

View Article

Action Summer School: Tübingen

Hong Yu Wong and his group are organizing an interdisciplinary action summer school in Tübingen (4/20-4/25). Graduate students and younger scholars in the cognitive science and philosophy of action are...

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