The relation between subjects and their conscious experiences

Philosophical Studies 177 (11):3493-3507 (2020)
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One of the most poorly understood features of consciousness is the relation between an experience and the subject of the experience. In this paper, I develop an ontology of consciousness on which experiences are events constituted by substances having properties at times. I use this to explain the relation between a subject and her experience.

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