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), […]

We discuss recent findings suggesting that non-human animals lack memory for stimulus sequences, and therefore do not represent the order of stimuli faithfully. These observations have far-reaching consequences for animal cognition, neuroscience, and studies of the evolution of language and culture. This is because, if non-human animals do not remember or process information about order […]