Consciousness of time and the time of consciousness
RIS ID
141771
Abstract
© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This article reviews different explanations of what consciousness must be like if it is possible for us to experience time and temporal objects such as melodies. Consciousness is characterized by a temporal structure and seems to involve a successive flow-the often-used metaphor of a stream of consciousness. This temporal structure of experience necessarily shapes the way that we are conscious of the world, and raises especially interesting problems concerning the experience of temporal objects. The idea of experience as a streaming process also raises questions about the unity of consciousness and self over time.
Publication Details
Gallagher, S. (2016). Consciousness of time and the time of consciousness. The Curated Reference Collection in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, 193-204.