Reference and Consciousness

John Campbell investigates how consciousness of the world explains our ability to think about the world. He illuminates classical problems about thought, reference and experience by looking at the underlying psychological mechanisms on which conscious attention depends.

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John Campbell investigates how consciousness of the world explains our ability to think about the world. So your ability to think about objects you can see depends on your capacity for conscious visual attention to those things. "Reference and Consciousness" illuminates classical problems about thought, reference and experience by looking at the underlying psychological mechanisms on which conscious attention depends.