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Zusatztext Review from previous edition lucid and informative ... It synthesizes at least thirty years of relevant philosophical investigation - not only in philosophy of mind, but also in philosophy of science, metaphysics and philosophical logic. The book is an excellent introduction to this area, and those more familiar with it will find the treatment deft and insightful. Informationen zum Autor David Papineau is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. His books include Theory and Meaning (Clarendon 1979), Reality and Representation (Blackwell 1987), Philosophical Naturalism (Blackwell 1993), The Philosophy of Science (Oxford Readings in Philosophy 1996), and a collection of essays, The Roots of Reason (Clarendon 2003). Klappentext The relation between subjective consciousness and the physical brain is widely regarded as the last mystery facing science. Papineau argues that consciousness seems mysterious not because of any hidden essence! but only because we think about it in a special way. He exposes the resulting potential for confusion! and shows that much scientific study of consciousness is misconceived. Zusammenfassung Consciousness is regarded as an intractable mystery, because we humans think about it in a special way. This book analyses this special mode of thought, and exposes the ways in which it can lead us into confusions about consciousness. By analysing the structure of phenomenal concepts, it exposes the flaws in the standard arguments for dualism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1: The Case for Materialism 2: Conceptual Dualism 3: The Impossibility of Zombies 4: Phenomenal Concepts 5: The Explanatory Gap 6: The Intuition of Distinctness 7: Prospects for the Scientific Study of Phenomenal Consciousness Appendix: The History of the Completeness of Physics
Sommario
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1: The Case for Materialism
- 2: Conceptual Dualism
- 3: The Impossibility of Zombies
- 4: Phenomenal Concepts
- 5: The Explanatory Gap
- 6: The Intuition of Distinctness
- 7: Prospects for the Scientific Study of Phenomenal Consciousness
- Appendix: The History of the Completeness of Physics
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Review from previous edition lucid and informative ... It synthesizes at least thirty years of relevant philosophical investigation - not only in philosophy of mind, but also in philosophy of science, metaphysics and philosophical logic. The book is an excellent introduction to this area, and those more familiar with it will find the treatment deft and insightful. Alva Noë, Times Literary Supplement
