Gutenberg Open Science: Why are dreams interesting for philosophers? : The example of minimal phenomenal selfhood, plus an agenda for future research

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dc.contributor.author	Metzinger, Thomas	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-10T07:48:13Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-10-10T07:48:13Z	-
dc.date.issued	2013	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7934	-
dc.description.abstract	This metatheoretical paper develops a list of new research targets by exploring particularly promising interdisciplinary contact points between empirical dream research and philosophy of mind. The central example is the MPS-problem. It is constituted by the epistemic goal of conceptually isolating and empirically grounding the phenomenal property of “minimal phenomenal selfhood,” which refers to the simplest form of self-consciousness. In order to precisely describe MPS, one must focus on those conditions that are not only causally enabling, but strictly necessary to bring it into existence. This contribution argues that research on bodiless dreams, asomatic out-of-body experiences, and full-body illusions has the potential to make decisive future contributions. Further items on the proposed list of novel research targets include differentiating the concept of a “first-person perspective” on the subcognitive level; investigating relevant phenomenological and neurofunctional commonalities between mind-wandering and dreaming; comparing the functional depth of embodiment across dream and wake states; and demonstrating that the conceptual consequences of cognitive corruption and systematic rationality deficits in the dream state are much more serious for philosophical epistemology (and, perhaps, the methodology of dream research itself) than commonly assumed. The paper closes by specifying a list of potentially innovative research goals that could serve to establish a stronger connection between dream research and philosophy of mind.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	100 Philosophie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	100 Philosophy	en_GB
dc.title	Why are dreams interesting for philosophers? : The example of minimal phenomenal selfhood, plus an agenda for future research	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7919	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7920	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Frontiers in psychology	de
jgu.journal.volume	4	de
jgu.pages.alternative	Art. 746	de
jgu.publisher.year	2013	-
jgu.publisher.name	Frontiers Research Foundation	de
jgu.publisher.place	Lausanne	de
jgu.publisher.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00746	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1664-1078	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	100	de
opus.date.modified	2018-08-13T10:39:41Z	-
opus.subject.dfgcode	01-108	-
opus.organisation.string	FB 05: Philosophie und Philologie: Philosophisches Seminar	de_DE
opus.identifier.opusid	24435	-
opus.institute.number	0508	-
opus.metadataonly	false	-
opus.type.contenttype	Keine	de_DE
opus.type.contenttype	None	en_EN
opus.affiliated	Metzinger, Thomas	-
jgu.publisher.doi	10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00746	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
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