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Structural Phenomenology

An Empirically-based Model of Consciousness

This book represents a major step forward in the philosophy of mind. Steven Ravett Brown makes an important contribution to the field of naturalized phenomenology by developing a -structural phenomenology- model based on contemporary studies of gestalts and attention. This model clearly and explicitly brings scientific data to bear upon the nature of conscious experience. Synthesizing empirical data from several fields, Brown provides a phenomenological analysis of structural components of intentionality, a reconsideration of functional processes of gestalts, and a reformulation and indepth analysis of higher-order processing and the -tip of the tongue- meta-cognitive phenomenon. The unique importance of this book lies in its providing an explanatory tool that can predict as well as elucidate mental phenomena. It demands attention from all philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists engaged in research into the mental."

An Empirically-based Model of Consciousness Steven Ravett Brown. • 2. THE
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS General Introduction diis
chapter will serve as an in-depth introduction and explication of the parameters
or dimensions of my model for phenomenal con- M sciousness. It will be written
in the same manner that I am modeling consciousness, i.e., top-down. That is, I
will start by making very general claims and rather rough explanations of what I
consider the ...