Varieties of Subjectivity. Issue 5 (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Godfrey-Smith, Peter
• Is Part Of: Philosophy of science. Volume 87:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 1150
• Page End: 1159
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Science -- Periodicals; Science -- Philosophy; Science; Science -- Philosophy; Philosophie des sciences; Epistemology; Periodicals; 501
• DOI: 10.1086/710541
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1539-767X

Abstract

Abstract : In human conscious experience, many features are present in combination: objects are presented through the senses, information from different sensory modalities is integrated, events are marked with value, and we have a sense of our own location and state. Which of these might come before others in plausible evolutionary trajectories, or do they form a tight package of correlated features that cannot readily be dissociated? I take a comparative approach to these questions, focusing on a distinction between sensory and evaluative aspects of experience and looking at the distribution of subjectivity-relevant features in a range of invertebrate animals.