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Historically, the notion of the unity of consciousness has played a role in thought about the
mind. According to Brook & Raymond (2020), most philosophers were concerned about the unity
of consciousness, often called the classical modern era (roughly 1600 to 1900), including
Immanuel Kant. His notion, “I am conscious not only of single experience but of a great many
experiences at the same time. The same is true of actions: I can do and be conscious of doing a
number of actions at the same time.” In this case, his discussion encompasses its point of view
and differentiation.
IIa: Review Related Literature
Our consciousness evidences a striking unity. For instance, you puff your tongue because
you forgot the coffee is hot. The experience of feeling pain scorched by hot coffee and puffing your
tongue strikes unity. Indeed, Kant claims that unified consciousness of contents and experiencing
requires some phenomenally evident relation among the contents of the unified conscious state
(Brook & Raymond, 2020). Notably, unified consciousness requires conceptual
interconnectedness in the objects of consciousness.
IIb: Analysis
Kant’s argument for this claim seems to have been that the synthesis of represented
objects to produce a single complex is a necessary condition of consciousness as a single subject.
In this sense, Kant argues that the intellectual representation of subject and object stands and falls
together. Notably, unified consciousness requires conceptual interconnectedness in the entity of
consciousness.