But the sustained history of HO theories begins in the mid-20th century with David Armstrong (1968), David Rosenthal (1986), and Peter Carruthers (1996), each of whom independently developed …

Oct 20, 2011 · The main version of this theory, defended by David M. Rosenthal (1980, §3, 1986, 1997, 2005), holds that the higher-order thoughts (HOTs) responsible for state consciousness are distinct …

David Rosenthal is a foremost advocate of this view. It claims that a mental state is conscious when it is the subject of a higher-order thought (HOT). Phenomenal consciousness in particular corresponds to …

Part I begins with a chapter entitled “Varieties of Higher-Order Theory” (Chapter 2) by David M. Rosenthal who argues for his preferred version of “extrinsic HOT theory” by systematically...

HOT theorists, such as David Rosenthal (2005), think it is better to understand the HOR (or higher-order “awareness”) as a thought containing concepts. HOTs are treated as cognitive states involving some …

Yet, when we tryto introspect our thoughts about our sensory experiences, we never encounter such monstrously complex thoughts, especially not a single thought that represents all of one's lower …

In this article, Rosenthal reviews the fi ndings of important neuroscientifi c studies in the light of the concept of consciousness provided by the higher-order thought model and claims that the conscious …

Arguably the most pressing and challenging problem about consciousness is to explain what the difference is between mental states that are conscious and those that are not. We may call this the …

Nov 17, 2005 · Central to that work is Rosenthal’s higher-order-thought theory of consciousness, according to which a sensation, thought, or other mental state is conscious if one has a higher-order …

In this paper I discuss Rosenthal’s theory of consciousness. Being in a conscious state, according to his view, consists in having an appropriate higher order mental representation – a higher order thought …