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Zusatztext Brian O'Shaughnessy's book is exceptionally ambitious and wide-ranging...the richness of OShaughnessy's analyses of various states of consciousness and the complexities of the interrelations which he exhibits between the key concepts...this monumental work is a welcome change from the unproductive obsession with abstract theorizing which nowadays has so many in its grip. Informationen zum Autor Brian O'Shaughnessy is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy at King's College London. Klappentext Brian O'Shaughnessy puts forward a bold and original theory of consciousness! one of the most fascinating but puzzling aspects of human existence. He analyzes consciousness into purely psychological constituents! according pre-eminence to epistemological properties. The result is an integrated picture of the conscious mind in its natural physical setting. Zusammenfassung The author presents his theory of consciousness, one of the most fascinating but puzzling aspects of human existence. It's his contention that consciousness consists in a closely knit complex of occurrent mental phenomena and powers with thinking and self-knowledge at the centre - and nothing else. Inhaltsverzeichnis Consciousness 2: The Anatomy of Consciousness 3: Self-Consciousness and Self-Knowledge 4: 'Translucence' 5: Consciousness and the Mental Will 6: Interiority and Thinking The Attention and Perception 8: The Attention and Perception (I) 9: The Attention and Perception (II) 10: Perception and Truth 11: The Imagination (I) 12: The Imagination (II) 13: Imagination and Perception 14: Active Attending Seeing 16: Seeing the Light 17: Sense-Data (I) 18: Sense-Data (II) 19: Secondary Qualities 20: The 'Perceptual Given' 21: Appearances 22: Perceptually Constituting the Material Object Perception and the Body 24: The Sense of Touch Conclusion Index
