Divided brains and unified phenomenology: A review essay on michael tye's consciousness and persons

Tim Bayne*

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Abstract

In Consciousness and persons, Michael Tye (Tye, M. (2003). Consciousness and persons. Cambridge) MA: MIT Press.) develops and defends a novel approach to the unity of consciousness. Rather than thinking of the unity of consciousness as involving phenomenal relations between distinct experiences, as standard accounts do, Tye argues that we should regard the unity of consciousness as involving relations between the contents of consciousness. Having developed an account of what it is for consciousness to be unified, Tye goes on to apply his account of the unity of consciousness to the split-brain syndrome. I provide a critical evaluation of Tye's account of the unity of consciousness and the split-brain syndrome.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)495-512
Number of pages18
JournalPhilosophical Psychology
Volume18
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2005

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