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Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness
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Author : William S. Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-11-05
Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness written by William S. Robinson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-05 with Philosophy categories.
Focusing on sensory experience and perception qualities to present a dualistic view of the mind (called Qualitative Event Realism), this book doesn't conform to the dominant materialist views. Its theory is relevant to the development of a science of consciousness now being pursued, not only by philosophers, but by researchers in psychology and the neurosciences.
Phenomenal Consciousness
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Author : Peter Carruthers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Phenomenal Consciousness written by Peter Carruthers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Consciousness categories.
Argues that the subjective feel of our experience is fully explicable in naturalistic (scientifically acceptable) terms, and develops and defends a novel account in terms of higher-order thought. Essential reading for all those in philosophy and the cognitive sciences who are interested in the problem of consciousness.
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.
Zombies And Consciousness
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007
Zombies And Consciousness written by Robert Kirk 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 2007 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Zombies would be physically and behaviorally just like us, but not conscious--a strange idea which is currently highly influential in the philosophy of mind. In this clear, readable, and entertaining book Robert Kirk argues that the zombie idea reflects a fundamentally mistaken way of thinking about consciousness. He sets out both to show why there couldn't be zombies, and to present a strikingly original new argument about the true nature of conscious experience.
Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness
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Author : William S. Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness written by William S. Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Consciousness categories.
The Constitution Of Phenomenal Consciousness
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Author : Steven M. Miller
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2015-06-15
The Constitution Of Phenomenal Consciousness written by Steven M. Miller and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Psychology categories.
Philosophers of mind have been arguing for decades about the nature of phenomenal consciousness and the relation between brain and mind. More recently, neuroscientists and philosophers of science have entered the discussion. Which neural activities in the brain constitute phenomenal consciousness, and how could science distinguish the neural correlates of consciousness from its neural constitution? At what level of neural activity is consciousness constituted in the brain and what might be learned from well-studied phenomena like binocular rivalry, attention, memory, affect, pain, dreams and coma? What should the science of consciousness want to know and what should explanation look like in this field? How should the constitution relation be applied to brain and mind and are other relations like identity, supervenience, realization, emergence and causation preferable? Building on a companion volume on the constitution of visual consciousness (AiCR 90), this volume addresses these questions and related empirical and conceptual territory. It brings together, for the first time, scientists and philosophers to discuss this engaging interdisciplinary topic.
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.
Do Fish Feel Pain
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Author : Victoria Braithwaite
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2010-03-25
Do Fish Feel Pain written by Victoria Braithwaite and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
While there has been increasing interest in recent years in the welfare of farm animals, fish are frequently thought to be different. In many people's perception, fish, with their lack of facial expressions or recognisable communication, are not seen to count when it comes to welfare. Angling is a major sport, and fishing a big industry. Millions of fish are caught on barbed hooks, or left to die by suffocation on the decks of fishing boats. Here, biologist Victoria Braithwaite explores the question of fish pain and fish suffering, explaining what we now understand about fish behaviour, and examining the related ethical questions about how we should treat these animals. She asks why the question of pain in fish has not been raised earlier, indicating our prejudices and assumptions; and argues that the latest and growing scientific evidence would suggest that we should widen to fish the protection currently given to birds and mammals.
Phenomenal Consciousness
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Author : Dimitris Platchias
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-05
Phenomenal Consciousness written by Dimitris Platchias and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-05 with Philosophy categories.
How can the fine-grained phenomenology of conscious experience arise from neural processes in the brain? How does a set of action potentials (nerve impulses) become like the feeling of pain in one's experience? Contemporary neuroscience is teaching us that our mental states correlate with neural processes in the brain. However, although we know that experience arises from a physical basis, we don't have a good explanation of why and how it so arises. The problem of how physical processes give rise to experience is called the 'hard problem' of consciousness and it is the contemporary manifestation of the mind-body problem. This book explains the key concepts that surround the issue as well as the nature of the hard problem and the several approaches to it. It gives a comprehensive treatment of the phenomenon incorporating its main metaphysical and epistemic aspects, as well as recent empirical findings, such as the phenomenon of blindsight, change blindness, visual-form agnosia and optic ataraxia, mirror recognition in other primates, split-brain cases and synaesthesia.
Phenomenal Concepts And Phenomenal Knowledge
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Author : Torin Alter
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-12-14
Phenomenal Concepts And Phenomenal Knowledge written by Torin Alter 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 2006-12-14 with Philosophy categories.
Consciousness has long been regarded as the biggest stumbling block for the view that the mind is physical. This volume collects thirteen new papers on this problem by leading philosophers including Torin Alter, Ned Block, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, John Hawthorne, Frank Jackson, Janet Levin, Joseph Levine, Martine Nida-Rümelin, Laurence Nemirow, Knut Nordby, David Papineau, and Stephen White.