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Zusatztext This book is a welcome contribution to a better understanding of the matter; not only because of the specific data and insights it gathers, but even more for the common assumptions it questions from the available literature. ... Watzl provides a rigorous philosophical analysis that professionals from various disciplines may find useful as well. ... the topic itself, the information available and the approach to the problem will be appreciated by researchers, clinicians and people from a general philosophical background. Informationen zum Autor Sebastian Watzl is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He has received his PhD in philosophy from Columbia University, after studying biology at Humboldt University Berlin, and philosophy at New York University. He has been a postdoc Harvard's Mind-Brain-Behavior Interfaculty Initiative, and is a member of the core group of Oslo's Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature. Klappentext What is attention? How does attention shape consciousness? Sebastian Watzl engages with foundational topics in the philosophy of mind, the theory of action, psychology, and the neurosciences to provide a unified and comprehensive answer to both questions Zusammenfassung What is attention? How does attention shape consciousness? Sebastian Watzl engages with foundational topics in the philosophy of mind, the theory of action, psychology, and the neurosciences to provide a unified and comprehensive answer to both questions Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I. What is attention? 1: Beyond Brain Mechanisms 2: Attending 3: Activities 4: Priority Structures 5: The What and Why of Priority Structures 6: Psychological Salience 7: Executive Control Part II. Attention and Consciousness 8: Beyond Appearances 9: Phenomenal Structure 10: Phenomenal Salience 11: Awareness of Attending 12: Necessity and Sufficiency 13: The Perspectivity Picture ...
