Do we have to presuppose a self to account for human self-consciousness? If so, how
should we characterize the self? These questions are discussed in the context of two …

Along with superior performance, research indicates that expertise is associated with a
number of mediating cognitive adaptations. To this extent, extensive practice is associated …

In recent years there has been increasing evidence that an area in the brain called the
cortical midline structures (CMSs) is implicated in what has been termed self-related …

In the last decade many studies examined egocentric and allocentric spatial relations. For
various tasks, navigators profit from both kinds of relations. However, their interrelation …

An analysis and assessment of Nietzsche's metapsychology. Nietzsche is neither a dualist
nor a physical reductionist about the mind. Instead, he is best interpreted as thinking that the …

Understanding and defining the meaning of “action” is substantial for robotics research. This
becomes utterly evident when aiming at equip** autonomous robots with robust …

The 'mineness' of thoughts has often been accepted as indubitable in philosophy. However,
the symptom of thought insertion in schizophrenia seems to be an empirical counterexample …

Self-consciousness can be defined as the ability to think 'I'-thoughts. Recently, it has been
suggested that self-consciousness in this sense can (and should) be accounted for in terms …

The paper argues that any theory of content has to adopt a “functionalistic core” to concord
with the cognitive sciences. This functionalistic core requires that representations are …

Dieses Buch ist das Ergebnis des Projektes „ThinkAct “an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Düsseldorf. Das interdisziplinäre Vorhaben wurde von Prof. Dr. Gottfried Vosgerau, Prof. Dr …