CGSC 1001 Lecture 10: Puzzles of Consciousness
9 Mar 2017
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Recap: pretense and single code hypothesis: 1. Imagination and belief are represented in the same format. I imagine that . I believe that : 2. Imagination and belief are processed in the same way. If the banana is a phone, then i can receive calls on it. Seems to be uniquely human: driven by cognitive imagination, has nearly universal developmental trajectory. They can keep track of different pretense scenarios simultaneously. A (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) of a (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)tatio(cid:374): application of concept of pretend requires ability to represent a representation or behaviour as pretend. Theory of mind (tom): theory-theory vs. simulation theory. According to some experiments, tom develops around the age of 4, but pretense develops before this: more in lecture 16! The puzzle of consciousness: hard problems vs. easy problems of consciousness (chalmers 1995, 1996, david chalmers ted talk: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=uhrhtffhnzq.
