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The Phenomenology of Agency
Tim Bayne 1*
  1 University of Oxford
Copyright Journal Compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

ABSTRACT

Abstract1. Introduction2. Identifying the Target Domain3. Scepticism4. The Structure of Agentive ExperienceWorks Cited

This paper provides an overview of recent discussions of the phenomenology of agency. By 'the phenomenology of agency' I mean those phenomenal states that are associated with first-person agency. I call such states 'agentive experiences'. After briefly defending the claim that there is a phenomenology distinctive of first-person agency, I focus on two questions: (i) What is the structure of agentive experience? (ii) What is the representational content of agentive experience? I conclude with a brief examination of how agentive experiences might be generated and what role they might play in the subject's cognitive economy.


Philosophy Compass 3/1 (2008): 182–202, 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2007.00122.x

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