On Denis Fisette’s “Franz Brentano and higher-order of consciousness”: a view from the complex system perspective

The aim of the present commentary on Denis Fisette’s article “Franz Brentano and Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness” is to discuss his account of Brentano’s principle of the unity of consciousness from the Complex Systems perspective. Initially a summary of Fisette’s writings on Brentano’s princ...

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Autores: Quilici Gonzalez, Maria Eunice, Broens, Maria C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/19085
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/19085
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Filosofia da mente. Brentano. Consciência. Teoria de sistemas complexos.
Philosophy of mind. Brentano. Consciousness. Complex systems theory.
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Sumario:The aim of the present commentary on Denis Fisette’s article “Franz Brentano and Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness” is to discuss his account of Brentano’s principle of the unity of consciousness from the Complex Systems perspective. Initially a summary of Fisette’s writings on Brentano’s principle of the unity of consciousness is presented. Hypotheses of the Complex Systems Theory are, then, presented in order to provide foundations for an informational interpretation of Fisette’s complexity problem.