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cognitive states
Also known as: cognitive state
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Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 3 facts
perspectiveThe "thin" view of phenomenal properties in consciousness argues that phenomenal properties are limited to qualia representing basic sensory properties, such as colors, shapes, tones, and feels, and excludes cognitive states like believing or thinking.
claimProponents of the "thin" view argue that there is no distinctive "what-it-is-likeness" involved in cognitive states, such as believing that Paris is the capital of France or that 17 is a prime number.
perspectiveThe "thick" view of consciousness posits that the phenomenology of perception includes a wide range of features and that cognitive states possess a distinctive phenomenology.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 2 facts
claimMetacognition is defined as the capacity to monitor and control one's own cognitive states, often manifested in judgments or feelings concerning one's own learning and level of certainty or confidence.
claimA reductive account of the sense of ownership explains it in terms of cognitive and/or experiential states whose existence is independently endorsed.
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 1 fact
referenceKim Sterelny (2003) attempted to develop a natural history of human agency and cognitive states resembling folk-psychological states of belief and desire, though the author notes that this work paid comparatively little attention to the evolution of sentience.
Self-Consciousness - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu Jul 24, 2024 1 fact
referenceResearch by Carruthers (2011) examines how human and non-human animals monitor and regulate their own cognitive and affective states.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe noting and labeling of sensory, cognitive, and emotive states during a hypometabolic state, such as during OM practice, likely influences the conditioned response toward the reconsolidation of more positive trajectories.
Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and ... - NCBI ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
referenceFolstein MF, Folstein SE, and McHugh PR developed the 'Mini-mental state' examination as a practical method for clinicians to grade the cognitive state of patients, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research in 1975.
Pluralism About Group Knowledge: A Reply to Jesper Kallestrup ... social-epistemology.com Jan 20, 2023 1 fact
perspectiveAvram Hiller and R. Wolfe Randall argue that groups possess epistemic and cognitive states, even though they are hesitant to say that groups as a whole have minds.