Science of Subjectivity

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Neisser is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor to the Neuroscience Program at Grinnell College, USA. In 2013 he was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Subjectivity Research (CFS) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Klappentext Can neuroscience help explain the first-person perspective? The Science of Subjectivity delves into the nature of experience, arguing that unconscious subjectivity is a reality. Neisser identifies the biological roots of the first-person, showing how ancient systems of animal navigation enable creatures like us to cope with our worldly concerns. Zusammenfassung Can neuroscience help explain the first-person perspective? The Science of Subjectivity delves into the nature of experience! arguing that unconscious subjectivity is a reality. Neisser identifies the biological roots of the first-person! showing how ancient systems of animal navigation enable creatures like us to cope with our worldly concerns. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Consciousness, Subjectivity, And The History Of The Organism PART I: SUBJECTIVITY CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE 1. Subjectivity And Reference 2. Unconscious Subjectivity 3. What Subjectivity Is Not PART II: SUBJECTIVITY IN THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL IMAGE Introduction: Subjectivity In The Neurobiological Image 4. The Science Of Subjectivity 5. Putting The Neuro In Neurophenomenology 6. Neural Correlates Of Consciousness Reconsidered Postscript: Neurophilosophy, Darwinian Naturalism, And Subjectivity

About the author

Joseph Neisser is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor to the Neuroscience Program at Grinnell College, USA. In 2013 he was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Subjectivity Research (CFS) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Jamieson, J Neisser, J. Neisser, Joseph Neisser, Joseph Jamieson Neisser
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2015
• EAN: 9781137466617
• ISBN: 978-1-137-46661-7
• No. of pages: 219
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Sozialpsychologie, B, Phenomenology, Biopsychologie, Physiologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie, Phänomenologie und Existenzphilosophie, Philosophy of Mind, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, auseinandersetzen, Social, group or collective psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Environmental Psychology, neuropsychology, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Phenomenology & Existentialism