Abstract
dc:description.abstractI propose a model of perception by which unconscious sensory input can become conscious in a way that is entirely mechanical and \'non-spooky\'. Based on the model of perception found G.W. Leibniz philosophy, primarily the New Essays on Human Understanding, the Leibnizian Aggregate Model (LAM) of perception may, when fully matured through future investigation, provide a way for contemporary philosophers of mind to evade certain anti-materialist objections without having to flatly deny the intuitions that underlie them.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Philosophy
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Philosophy
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Stiso, Christopher
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Patton, Lydia K.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Priselac, Matthew Dominic
- Parent, Ted
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- vt_gsexam:1018
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/23137