rex welshon

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The Philoshophy of Nietsche, 2009

Perception, Perspectivism, Falsification

Nietzsche claims that all conscious experience, whether perceptual or interoceptive, affective or... more Nietzsche claims that all conscious experience, whether perceptual or interoceptive, affective or cognitive, is constrained by ineliminable limits imposed by the finite reach of our sensory organs and by the nature of subconscious cortical processing that precedes conscious experience. Characterizing these limits is the topic of Section I. That all conscious experience is limited suggests to him that the contents of even basic kinds of conscious experience, such as sensory perception and interoception, are perspectival. Perspectivism is not a single thesis but a set of claims, some of them having to do with causal or genetic issues, some of them having to do with justificatory issues, some of them having to do with issues surrounding truth. In Section II, we show that the causal genetic doctrine of perspectivism is grounded in, but not exhausted by, his reflections on perception and interoception. In addition to genetic perspectivism he also offers an epistemological version of pers...

Searching for the neural realizers of ownership unity

Philosophical Psychology, 2013

An argument is developed for the conclusion that certain neurological conditions and disorders ar... more An argument is developed for the conclusion that certain neurological conditions and disorders are directly relevant for understanding the self 's embodiment and the ownership of conscious experience enjoyed by such an embodied self. Since these neurological conditions and disorders provide evidence that there can be shifts of, and compromises to, ownership, they help identify neural substrates and realizers of such ownership. However, even if recent neuroimaging and neuropsychological nominees for neural substrates of ownership unity are core realizers of ownership, they are not its total realizers. Implications of the distinction between core and total realizers are discussed.

Concluding semi-scientific postscript

Philosophy, Neuroscience and Consciousness, 2000

Nietzsche's Dynamic Metapsychology

Nietzsche’s Dynamic Metapsychology, 2014

Emergence, Supervenience, and Realization

Philosophical Studies, 2002

In the first section of this paper, I articulate Jaegwon Kim's argument against emergent down war... more In the first section of this paper, I articulate Jaegwon Kim's argument against emergent down ward causation. In the second section, I canvas four responses to Kim's argument and argue that each fails. In the third section, I show that emergent downward causation does not, contra Kim, entail overdetermination. I argue that supervenience of emergent upon base properties is not sufficient for nomological causal relationsbetween emergent and base properties. What sustains Kim's argument is rather the claim that emergent properties realized by base properties can have no causal powers distinct from those base properties. I argue that this is false.

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Anomalous Monism and Epiphenomenalism

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 1999

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Working Memory, Neuroanatomy, and Archaeology

Current Anthropology, 2010

... Neurological evidence for nonallometric frontopolar (Broadmann areas 9, 10, and 46) expansion... more

Intentions, goals, and the archaeological record

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2002

... et al., discussed earlier, supports an emphasis on the spatial cog-nition required by the bas... more

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