> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 1 source</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[Higher-order theories of consciousness]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [Higher-order theories of consciousness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher-order%20theories%20of%20consciousness) > > Higher-order theories of [[consciousness]] postulate that consciousness consists in [[perception]] or thoughts about first-order mental states. In particular, phenomenal consciousness is thought to be higher-order representation of perceptual or quasi-perceptual contents, such as visual images. > > Higher-order theories are distinguished from other cognitive/representational accounts of consciousness which suggest that merely first-order mentality of certain sorts constitutes consciousness. ^[Such as [[Global workspace theory]]] This is most similar to [[Consciousness is our capacity to introspect]] ##### ^dataviews > [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes > > No results to show for list query. > [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions > > - [[Being You by Anil Seth]] #### Discussion > ![[10_Sources/books - Being You#^314517227]]