The Problem Of Consciousness
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Heidegger And The Problem Of Consciousness
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Author : Nancy J. Holland
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-06
Heidegger And The Problem Of Consciousness written by Nancy J. Holland and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-06 with Philosophy categories.
Nancy J. Holland turns to the thought of Martin Heidegger to help understand an age-old philosophical question: Is there a split between the body and the mind? Arguing against philosophical positions that define human consciousness as an overarching phenomenon or reduce it to the brain or physicality, Holland contends that consciousness is relational and it is this relationship that allows us to inhabit and negotiate in the world. Holland forwards a complex and nuanced reading of Heidegger as she focuses on consciousness, being, and what might constitute the animal or, more broadly, other-than-human world. Holland engages with the depth and breadth of Heidegger's work as she opens space for a discussion about the uniqueness of human consciousness.
Explaining Consciousness
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Author : Jonathan Shear
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1999-01-22
Explaining Consciousness written by Jonathan Shear and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-22 with Philosophy categories.
Why doesn't all this cognitive processing go on "in the dark," without any consciousness at all? In this book philosophers, physicists, psychologists, neurophysiologists, computer scientists, and others address this central topic in the growing discipline of consciousness studies. At the 1994 landmark conference "Toward a Scientific Basis for Consciousness", philosopher David Chalmers distinguished between the "easy" problems and the "hard" problem of consciousness research. According to Chalmers, the easy problems are to explain cognitive functions such as discrimination, integration, and the control of behavior; the hard problem is to explain why these functions should be associated with phenomenal experience. Why doesnt all this cognitive processing go on "in the dark", without any consciousness at all? In this book, philosophers, physicists, psychologists, neurophysiologists, computer scientists, and others address this central topic in the growing discipline of consciousness studies. Some take issue with Chalmers' distinction, arguing that the hard problem is a non-problem, or that the explanatory gap is too wide to be bridged. Others offer alternative suggestions as to how the problem might be solved, whether through cognitive science, fundamental physics, empirical phenomenology, or with theories that take consciousness as irreducible. Contributors Bernard J. Baars, Douglas J. Bilodeau, David Chalmers, Patricia S. Churchland, Thomas Clark, C. J. S. Clarke, Francis Crick, Daniel C. Dennett, Stuart Hameroff, Valerie Hardcastle, David Hodgson, Piet Hut, Christof Koch, Benjamin Libet, E. J. Lowe, Bruce MacLennan, Colin McGinn, Eugene Mills, Kieron OHara, Roger Penrose, Mark C. Price, William S. Robinson, Gregg Rosenberg, Tom Scott, William Seager, Jonathan Shear, Roger N. Shepard, Henry Stapp, Francisco J. Varela, Max Velmans, Richard Warner
Consciousness Explained
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Author : Daniel C. Dennett
language : en
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Consciousness Explained written by Daniel C. Dennett and has been published by Hachette+ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Science categories.
An exploration of the science behind being alive and aware, from the author of Brainstorms and Darwin’s Dangerous Idea. “Brilliant . . . as audacious as its title. . . . Mr. Dennett’s exposition is nothing short of brilliant, the best example I’ve seen of a science book aimed at both professionals and general readers.” —George Johnson, New York Times Book Review Consciousness Explained is a full-scale exploration of human consciousness. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Our current theories about conscious life—of people, animal, even robots—are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book. “Dennett is a witty and gifted scientific raconteur, and the book is full of fascinating information about humans, animals, and machines. The result is highly digestible and a useful tour of the field.” —Wall Street Journal
The Blackwell Companion To Consciousness
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Author : Susan Schneider
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-05-08
The Blackwell Companion To Consciousness written by Susan Schneider and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-08 with Philosophy categories.
Updated and revised, the highly-anticipated second edition of The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness offers a collection of readings that together represent the most thorough and comprehensive survey of the nature of consciousness available today. Features updates to scientific chapters reflecting the latest research in the field Includes 18 new theoretical, empirical, and methodological chapters covering integrated information theory, renewed interest in panpsychism, and more Covers a wide array of topics that include the origins and extent of consciousness, various consciousness experiences such as meditation and drug-induced states, and the neuroscience of consciousness Presents 54 peer-reviewed chapters written by leading experts in the study of consciousness, from across a variety of academic disciplines
Philosophical History And The Problem Of Consciousness
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Author : Paul M. Livingston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-07-26
Philosophical History And The Problem Of Consciousness written by Paul M. Livingston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-26 with Philosophy categories.
The problem of explaining consciousness today remains a problem about the meaning of language: the ordinary language of consciousness in which we define and express our sensations, thoughts, dreams and memories. This book argues that the contemporary problem arises from a quest that has taken shape over the 20th century, and that the analysis of history provides new resources for understanding and resolving it.Paul Livingston traces the development of the characteristic practices of analytic philosophy to problems about the relationship of experience to linguistic meaning.
Ten Problems Of Consciousness
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Author : Michael Tye
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1995
Ten Problems Of Consciousness written by Michael Tye and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Philosophy categories.
Can neurophysiology ever reveal to us what it is like to smell a skunk or to experience pain? In what does the feeling of happiness consist? How is it that changes in the white and grey matter comprising our brains generate subjective sensations and feelings? These are several of the questions that Michael Tye addresses, while formulating a theory about the phenomenal what it feels like aspect of consciousness. The test of any such theory, according to Tye, lies in how well it handles ten critical problems of consciousness.
Consciousness
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Author : Jeffrey Alan Gray
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2004
Consciousness written by Jeffrey Alan Gray and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Medical categories.
How does consciousness arise out of the functioning of the human brain? This work presents an analysis of our conscious lives with profound implications for human nature.
Philosophy Neuroscience And Consciousness
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Author : Rex Welshon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-17
Philosophy Neuroscience And Consciousness written by Rex Welshon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-17 with Philosophy categories.
Explaining consciousness is one of the last great unanswered scientific and philosophical problems. Immediately known, familiar and obvious, consciousness is also baffling, opaque and strange. This introduction to the problems posed by consciousness discusses the most important work of cognitive science, neurophysiology and philosophy of mind of the past thirty years and presents an up to date assessment of the issues and debates. The reader is first introduced to the way that consciousness has been thought about in the history of philosophy and psychology. The author then presents an informal and largely non-technical account of the properties of consciousness that are thought to be the most paradigmatic and problematic. Recent scientific work on consciousness, from neurophysiological studies of the brain and evolutionary studies of the development of consciousness to computational theories of the mind are then examined and the philosophical problems that these accounts raise are systematically introduced. The final chapters of the book consider more practical matters by addressing self-deception, neuroses, the unconscious and notions of the self, before concluding with an assessment of the future for psychology and the philosophy of mind.
The Character Of Consciousness
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Author : David J. Chalmers
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-10-28
The Character Of Consciousness written by David J. Chalmers and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-28 with Philosophy categories.
In this book David Chalmers follows up and extends his thoughts and arguments on the nature of consciousness that he first set forth in his groundbreaking 1996 book, The Conscious Mind.
The Consciousness Paradox
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Author : Rocco J. Gennaro
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2012
The Consciousness Paradox written by Rocco J. Gennaro and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Philosophy categories.
A defense of a version of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness with special attention to such topics as concepts and animal consciousness. Consciousness is arguably the most important area within contemporary philosophy of mind and perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the world. Despite an explosion of research from philosophers, psychologists, and scientists, attempts to explain consciousness in neurophysiological, or even cognitive, terms are often met with great resistance. In The Consciousness Paradox, Rocco Gennaro aims to solve an underlying paradox, namely, how it is possible to hold a number of seemingly inconsistent views, including higher-order thought (HOT) theory, conceptualism, infant and animal consciousness, concept acquisition, and what he calls the HOT-brain thesis. He defends and further develops a metapsychological reductive representational theory of consciousness and applies it to several importantly related problems. Gennaro proposes a version of the HOT theory of consciousness that he calls the "wide intrinsicality view" and shows why it is superior to various alternatives, such as self-representationalism and first-order representationalism. HOT theory says that what makes a mental state conscious is that a suitable higher-order thought is directed at that mental state. Thus Gennaro argues for an overall philosophical theory of consciousness while applying it to other significant issues not usually addressed in the philosophical literature on consciousness. Most cognitive science and empirical works on such topics as concepts and animal consciousness do not address central philosophical theories of consciousness. Gennaro's integration of empirical and philosophical concerns will make his argument of interest to both philosophers and nonphilosophers.