Conceptual Representation of Consciousness

This book seeks to explicate six basic concepts of consciousness from a variety of psychological, philosophical, historical, and lexicographic perspectives.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. The concept of consciousness: the interpersonal meaning; 2. The concept of consciousness: the personal meaning; 3. The concept of consciousness: the awareness meaning; 4. The concept of consciousness: the inner-awareness meaning; 5. The concept of consciousness: the unitive meaning; 6. The concept of consciousness: the general-state meaning.

Info autore

Thomas Natsoulas is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, and a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. He is the author of Consciousness and Perceptual Experience (Cambridge, 2013).

Riassunto

A valuable contribution to psychology of consciousness. Each of its six main chapters adopts the perspective of a different concept of consciousness employed in ordinary thought and speech. The author examines the sources of each concept and relates them to relatively recent or contemporary conceptual counterparts still perforce under development.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Natsoulas, Thomas (University of California Natsoulas, Natsoulas Thomas
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107022270
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02227-0
• Pagine: 476
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, States Of Consciousness