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Experience and agency: Slipping the mesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2008

Andy Clark  and
Julian Kiverstein
Andy Clark
Affiliation:
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JX, Scotland, United Kingdom. andy.clark@ed.ac.uks9903600@sms.ed.ac.ukhttp://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/staff/clark.html
Julian Kiverstein
Affiliation:
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JX, Scotland, United Kingdom. andy.clark@ed.ac.uks9903600@sms.ed.ac.ukhttp://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/staff/clark.html
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Abstract

Can we really make sense of the idea (implied by Block's treatment) that there can be isolated islets of experience that are not even potentially available as fodder for a creature's conscious choices and decisions? The links between experience and the availability of information to guide conscious choice and inform reasoned action may be deeper than the considerations concerning (mere) reportability suggest.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 5-6 , December 2007 , pp. 502 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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