Understanding what conscious experiences feel like from a first-person perspective, known as the hard problem of consciousness, remains one of the most intriguing yet elusive topics in science and philosophy [1,2]. In their timely article in TiCS, Fleming and Shea propose the quality space approach as a promising path forward [3]. They suggest that the qualitative […]

In their recent opinion article [1], Fleming and Shea explore how different theories of consciousness fare in accounting for the structure of our phenomenology. Under the quality space hypothesis, each experience corresponds to a point in a multidimensional space instantiated over the activity of processing units (i.e., natural or artificial neurons). This way of thinking […]

Abstract Understanding the actions of others is fundamental for human social life. It builds on a grasp of the subjective intentionality behind behavior: one action comprises different things simultaneously (e.g., moving their arm, turning on the light) but which of these constitute intentional actions, in contrast to merely foreseen side-effects (e.g., increasing the electricity bill), […]