Stream of Consciousness is a detailed and insightful analysis of the nature of phenomenal consciousness, especially its unity at a time and continuity over stretches of time. I find Dainton's approach to phenomenal consciousness in many ways sound but I also point out one major source of disgreement between us. Dainton believes that to explain phenomenal unity and continuity, no reference to an...

OBJECTIVE Computational concepts from robotics and computer vision hold great promise to account for major aspects of the phenomenon of consciousness, including philosophically problematical aspects such as the vividness of qualia, the first-person character of conscious experience, and the property of intentionality. METHODS We present a dynamical systems model describing human or robotic ag...

This is a nontechnical phenomenological proof that pattern-recognition and consciousness are the same activity, with some speculation about the importance of this. Since Husserl, many philosophers have accepted that consciousness consists of a stream of logical connections between an ego and external objects. These connections are called "intentions." Pattern recognition systems are achievable ...

this paper examines colorful modes of narrative discourse representation , especially stream of consciousness versus interior monologue from a narratological point of view and through some references to iranian and western literary works . the problem is that these two modes are employed as though they were the same , but the fact is that they are not . this has made it difficult to make clear ...