Open AccessOn the Structure of Consciousness
Author(s) -
Shir Bloch
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.15.1.56-67
Subject(s) - holism , consciousness , reductionism , experiential learning , psychology , independence (probability theory) , epistemology , qualia , cognitive science , philosophy , mathematics , statistics , mathematics education
Some views of holism fail to fully encapsulate the structure and independence of consciousness while others are reductionist in their insistence on a strict structure. After examining holism and mental state consciousness, I move to my own proposal for the structure of consciousness: experiential swaths. By highlighting the phenomenal interdependence of some aspects of consciousness without conceding that all aspects are so strongly intertwined, experiential swaths allow for further conceptual structurization within consciousness.