David Rosenthal is one of the leading contributors to the philosophical study of consciousness. This volume gathers together his work on the subject from the past two decades, and represents the definitive presentation of his influential theory of consciousness as higher-order thought. Two of the essays appear here for the first time; there is also a substantial new introduction, drawing out the connections between the essays and highlighting their implications.

"David Rosenthal's Consciousness and Mind presents us with the most plausible high-order representationalist account in the market. The book is engaging and very clearly written." - Metapsychology Online Reviews

Introduction

I. Explaining Consciousness

1. Two Concepts of Consciousness

2. Thinking that One Thinks

3. Intentionality

4. Introspection and Self-Interpretation

II. Qualitative Consciousness and Homomorphism Theory

5. The Independence of Consciousness and Sensory Quality

6. Sensory Quality and the Relocation Story

7. Sensory Qualities, Consciousness, and Perception

III. Consciousness, Expression, and Interpretation

8. First-Person Operationalism and Mental Taxonomy

9. Moore's Paradox and Consciousness

10. Why Are Verbally Expressed Thoughts Conscious?

11. Consciousness and its Expression

12. Content, Intepretation, and Consciousness

IV. Self-Consciousness

13. Unity of Consciousness and the Self

Select Bilbiography

Index