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- adjective philosophy Of or pertaining to factors underlying the
personal level of moral explanation, such as biological or chemical factors
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Examples
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However, this line of argument flies in the face not just of the practice of cognitive scientists, but also of some important philosophical analyses of the notion of subpersonal representation (Burge 1986, Egan
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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"subpersonal" representations postulated by cognitive science.
Mental Representation Pitt, David 2008
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While some of these may be suited to be mental relata of commonsense psychological states, some ” so-called "subpersonal" or "sub-doxastic" representations ” are not.
Mental Representation Pitt, David 2008
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On Korsgaard's view, what gives an action an owner is that it is attributable to the person as a whole (rather than to a subpersonal part, such as a drive or an especially strong desire).
Practical Reason and the Structure of Actions Millgram, Elijah 2009
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Inspired by this theory, he then presents a speculative subpersonal functional theory of pain processing, according to which pain processing occurs in many functionally (even anatomically) different components of the central nervous system, mostly in parallel, such that some of them can be selectively impaired.
Pain Aydede, Murat 2009
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Cussins argued that this personal level notion of nonconceptual content is naturally complemented at the subpersonal level by a connectionist cognitive architecture.
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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Representational states at the subpersonal or subdoxastic level
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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The notion of nonconceptual content has also been utilized in specifying the representational contents of subpersonal states, such as those involved in the early stages of visual processing.
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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It may well turn out, for example, that fundamentally different notions of nonconceptual content are required for subpersonal computational states and perceptual experiences.
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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Still, it is open to a critic of nonconceptual content to deny that ascriptions of content at the subpersonal level should be taken literally.
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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