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Our attention is what shapes our mental lives. The things we pay attention to make a substantial difference to our experience of the world, our emotional state and our interactions with others. Nowadays, attention has even become a resource that big corporations compete for grabbing every day, in what has been called “an economy of attention”. This seminar explores the nature of attention as well as its relevance for foundational philosophical problems, combining perspectives from contemporary analytic philosophy and cognitive science.
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