Consciousness and the World

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Brian O'Shaughnessy presents a theory of consciousness, one of the most fascinating but puzzling aspects of human existence. He investigates what consciousness is and how it engages, through perception, with the world.

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Full title :Consciousness and the World.

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Publication Date:2000.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press, UK
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

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Description:1 online resource (714 pages)

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ISBN:9780191519482, 0191519480, 0199256721, 9780199256723
oclc:on1059021407
LC Classification:B808.9 ǂb O74 2000eb
Dewey Decimal:126

Introduction -- Part I. Consciousness -- 1. The Experience -- 2. The Anatomy of Consciousness -- 3. Self-Consciousness and Self-Knowledge -- 4. 'Translucence' -- 5. Consciousness and the Mental Will -- 6. Interiority and Thinking -- Part II. The Attention and Perception -- Introduction -- 7. The Attention -- 8. The Attention and Perception (1) -- 9. The Attention and Perception (2) -- 10. Perception and Truth -- 11. The Imagination (1) -- 12. The Imagination (2) -- 13. Imagination and Perception -- 14. Active Attending -- Part III. Seeing -- Introduction.

15. 'Blindsight' and the Essence of Seeing -- 16. Seeing the Light -- 17. Sense-Data (1) -- 18. Sense-Data (2) -- 19. Secondary Qualities -- 20. The 'Perceptual Given' -- 21. Appearances -- 22. Perceptually Constituting the Material Object -- Part IV. Perception and the Body -- Introduction -- 23. Proprioception and the Body Image -- 24. The Sense of Touch -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.