Just as metacognition is cognition about cognition, and a metatheory is a theory about
theories, the meta-problem is a problem about a problem. The initial problem is the hard …

François Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference
in language and thought. He aims to recast the'nondescriptivist'approach to reference that …

The most remarkable fact about the universe is that certain parts of it are conscious.
Somehow nature has managed to pull the rabbit of experience out of a hat made of mere …

The idea of representation has been central in discussions of intentionality for many years.
But only more recently has it begun playing a wider role in the philosophy of mind …

Russellian monism offers a distinctive perspective on the relationship between the physical
and the phenomenal. For example, on one version of the view, phenomenal properties are …

Consciousness has resisted attempts to fathom its ultimate nature. My direct aim in this
paper is to rebut anti-physicalist arguments. But I also want to raise the possibility that …

The knowledge argument aims to establish that conscious experience involves non-physical
properties. It rests on the idea that someone who has complete physical knowledge about …

In this paper I begin to develop an account of the acquaintance that each of us has with our
own conscious states and processes. The account is a speculative proposal about human …

Pinch yourself (gently). By focusing your attention on the phenomenal quality of the
sensation that results, you can come to know something about your current experience …

It'sa common idea in philosophy that we possess concepts of a peculiar kind by which we
can think about our conscious states in 'inner'and 'direct'ways, as for example, when I attend …