Consciousness - New Philosophical Perspectives

Klappentext Consciousness is perhaps the most puzzling problem we humans face in trying to understand ourselves. Here, eighteen essays offer new angles on the subject. The contributors, who include many of the leading figures in philosophy of mind, discuss such central topics as intentionality, phenomenal content, and the relevance of quantum mechanics to the study of consciousness. Zusammenfassung Consciousness is perhaps the most puzzling problem we humans face in trying to understand ourselves. It has been the subject of intense study for several decades. This text aims to act as a starting point towards future research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Intentionality and Phenomenal Content 2: Tim Crane: The Intentional Structure of Consciousness 3: Joseph Levine: Experience and Representation 4: Brian Loar: Transparent Experience and the Availability of Qualia 5: Brian P. McLaughlin: Color, Consciousness, and Color Consciousness Knowing Mental States 7: Kristin Andrews: Knowing Mental States: The Asymmetry of Psychological Prediction and Explanation 8: David Chalmers: The Content and Epistemology of Phenomenal Belief 9: Ernest Sosa: Privileged Access Consciousness and the Brain 11: Robert Van Gulick: Maps, Gaps, and Traps 12: David Papineau: Theories of Consciousness 13: William Lycan: Perspectival Representation and the Knowledge Argument 14: Anthony Brueckner and E. Beroukhim: McGinn on Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness 16: Michael Lockwood: Consciousness and the Quantum World: Putting Qualia on the Map 17: Don Page: Mindless Sensationalism: A Quantum Framework for Consciousness 18: Barry Loewer: Consciousness and Quantum Theory: Strange Bedfellows

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• Authors: Quentin Smith, Quentin ( Smith, Quentin Jokic Smith
• Assisted by: Aleksandar Jokic (Editor), Jokic Aleksandar (Editor), Quentin Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2003
• EAN: 9780199241286
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924128-6
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Philosophy of Science, Psychology: states of consciousness, Conscious & unconscious