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A psychofunctionalist argument against nonconceptualism

Justin Tiehen

pp. 3919-3934

Abstract

In this paper I present a psychofunctionalist argument for conceptualism, the thesis that conscious visual experience is a conceptual state rather than a nonconceptual state. The argument draws on the holistic character of functionalist accounts of mind, together with the “Two Visual Systems Hypothesis” notably defended by Melvyn Goodale and David Milner.

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(2014) Synthese 191 (16).

Pages: 3919-3934

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-014-0505-3

Full citation:

Tiehen Justin (2014) „A psychofunctionalist argument against nonconceptualism“. Synthese 191 (16), 3919–3934.