?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Theories+of+Consciousness+as+Reflexivity&rft.creator=Peters+%2C+Dr.++Frederic&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Consciousness+is+best+understood+in+context%2C+as+one+element+of+an+interactive+waking+state+in+which+the+greater+part+of+cognitive+processing+takes+place+in+a++nonconscious+fashion.+But+if+conscious+and+nonconscious+processing+are+combined+in+the+waking+state%2C+what+distinguishes+the+former+form+the+latter%2C+what+is+consciousness%2C+and+what+is+its+purpose%3F+The+answer+to+the+second+question+depends+crucially+on+our+conclusion+regarding+the+first.+What+is+the+property+in+virtue+of+which+a+state+is+conscious+rather+than+nonconscious%3F+In+the+following%2C+it+will+be+argued+that+of+the+answers+most+frequently+proposed%E2%80%94intentionality%2C+subjectivity%2C+accessibility%2C+reflexivity%E2%80%94only+the+final+characteristic%2C+reflexive%2C+autonoetic+awareness%2C+is+unique+to+the+conscious+state.+Reflexivity+can+best+be+explained+not+as+the+product+of+a+self-representational+data+structure%2C+but+as+the+expression+of+a+recursive+processing+regime%2C+in+which+cognition+registers+the+properties+of+the+processing+state+to+a+greater+extent+than+properties+of+the+content+represented.++And+the+principal+characteristic+of+a+reflexive+processing+state+is+cognitive+reflexivity+or+autonoetic+awareness&rft.date=2013-11&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9173%2F1%2FA3%2520Theories%2520of%2520Consciousness%2520as%2520Reflexivity.pdf&rft.identifier=++Peters+%2C+Dr.+Frederic++(2013)+Theories+of+Consciousness+as+Reflexivity.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9173%2F