Mental activity and the sense of ownership
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Mental activity and the sense of ownership. / Alsmith, Adrian John Tetteh.
I: Review of Philosophy and Psychology, Bind 6, Nr. 4, 2015, s. 881-896.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Mental activity and the sense of ownership
AU - Alsmith, Adrian John Tetteh
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - I introduce and defend the notion of a cognitive account of the sense of ownership. A cognitive account of the sense of ownership holds that one experiences something as one's own only if one thinks of something as one's own. By contrast, a phenomenal account of the sense of ownership holds that one can experience something as one's own without thinking about anything as one's own. I argue that we have no reason to favour phenomenal accounts over cognitive accounts, that cognitive accounts are plausible given that much of our mental activity has unnoticed effects on our mental life, and that certain illusory experiences of body ownership sometimes described as thought-independent may be best explained as imaginative perceptual experiences.
AB - I introduce and defend the notion of a cognitive account of the sense of ownership. A cognitive account of the sense of ownership holds that one experiences something as one's own only if one thinks of something as one's own. By contrast, a phenomenal account of the sense of ownership holds that one can experience something as one's own without thinking about anything as one's own. I argue that we have no reason to favour phenomenal accounts over cognitive accounts, that cognitive accounts are plausible given that much of our mental activity has unnoticed effects on our mental life, and that certain illusory experiences of body ownership sometimes described as thought-independent may be best explained as imaginative perceptual experiences.
U2 - 10.1007/s13164-014-0208-1
DO - 10.1007/s13164-014-0208-1
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 881
EP - 896
JO - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
JF - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
SN - 1878-5158
IS - 4
ER -
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