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Representationalism is a theoretical framework used to explain the nature of consciousness, as seen in the Multiple Drafts Model {fact:2, fact:3} and broader physicalist efforts to account for mental properties {fact:1, fact:4}.
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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu 3 facts
perspectiveThe Multiple Drafts Model (MDM) is representationalist because it analyzes consciousness in terms of content relations, and it rejects the existence of qualia as a means to distinguish conscious from nonconscious states.
perspectiveProponents of representationalism, including Dennett (1990), Lycan (1996), and Carruthers (2000), are motivated by the goal of accommodating facts about consciousness within a physicalist framework without requiring the existence of qualia or non-representational mental properties.
claimDaniel Dennett advanced the Multiple Drafts Model (MDM) of consciousness in 1991, which combines elements of representationalism and higher-order theory to provide an interpretational, less strongly realist view of consciousness.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimProposals made in the 2020s suggest that a cognitively inspired form of representationalism can reconcile neuroscience and the philosophy of mind by bridging gaps regarding concepts such as intentionality, emergence, consciousness, and qualia.