The character of consciousness / David J. Chalmers.
By: Chalmers, David John
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TextSeries: Philosophy of mind series: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xxvii, 596 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780195311112 (pbk.); 0195311116 (pbk.); 9780195311105 (hbk.); 0195311108 (hbk.); 9780195311112 (pbk. : acidfree paper); 0195311116 (pbk. : acidfree paper); 9780195311105 (hardcover : acidfree paper); 0195311108 (hardcover : acidfree paper)Subject(s): ConsciousnessDDC classification: 126 LOC classification: B808.9 | .C48 2010| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [569]-585) and index.
Facing up to the problem of consciousness -- How can we construct a science of consciousness? -- What is a neural correlate of consciousness? -- On the search for the neural correlate of consciousness -- Consciousness and its place in nature -- The two-dimensional argument against materialism -- Conceptual analysis and reductive explanation (with Frank Jackson) -- The content of phenomenal concepts -- The epistemology of phenomenal belief -- Phenomenal concepts and the explanatory gap -- The representational character of experience --Perception and the fall from Eden -- The Matrix as metaphysics -- What if the unity of consciousness? (with Tim Bayne).
What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? Here, Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others.
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