This text is an introduction to consciousness which aims to impose structure on the relating philosophical literature. There are sections covering stream of consciousness, theoretical issues, function of consciousness, subjectivity and the explanatory gap, the knowledge argument…
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This text is an introduction to consciousness which aims to impose structure on the relating philosophical literature. There are sections covering stream of consciousness, theoretical issues, function of consciousness, subjectivity and the explanatory gap, the knowledge argument…
Questioning Consciousness brings together neuroscientific, psychological and phenomenological research, combining in a readable format recent developments in image research and neurology. It reassesses the mind-body relation and research on 'mental models', abstract concept form…
This careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a rich analysis of changing and potent mental processes is developed. It explores issues relating to the not-Self teaching: self-development, moral responsibility,…
Dennett and his critics: demystifying mind
by Dahlbom, Bo
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Daniel Dennett is arguably one of the most influential yet radical philosophers of America. In this volume, Dennett is confronted by colleagues and critics, from philosophy, biology and psychology. His reply constitutes an extensive essay which clarifies, and develops further, c…
"Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates what consciousness is and how it engages, through perception, with the world." "It is his contention that consciousness consists in a closely knit complex of occurrent mental phenomena and powers with thinking and self-knowledge at the centre - …
"Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates what consciousness is and how it engages, through perception, with the world." "It is his contention that consciousness consists in a closely knit complex of occurrent mental phenomena and powers with thinking and self-knowledge at the centre -…
"Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates what consciousness is and how it engages, through perception, with the world." "It is his contention that consciousness consists in a closely knit complex of occurrent mental phenomena and powers with thinking and self-knowledge at the centre - …
This book begins the inquiry into the evolution of the collective sensitivities of life. Scientists from a range of fields trace the emergence and evolution of consciousness. Complex behaviours and the social imperatives of bacteria and other life forms during 3,000 million year…