Research Catalog

Title

Theories of consciousness : an introduction and assessment / William Seager.

Author

Seager, William, 1952-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

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Details

Description

x, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• Theories of Consciousness explores a number of ways to understand consciousness and its place in the physical world. Spectacularly diverse, the spectrum of theories ranges from those that identify consciousness with particular brain processes to those that seemingly deny that consciousness even exists.
• Theories of Consciousness devotes a lot of attention to the new representational theory of consciousness and the special problems created by the phenomena of conscious thought, which lead to the conclusions that representation is indeed essential to consciousness but that an internalist account of representation is required. In his final chapter, Seager explores more speculative terrain: the idea that consciousness might somehow be a fundamental feature of the universe, perhaps ubiquitous and maybe linked to bizarre features of quantum physics.
• Theories of Consciousness serves both to introduce a wide array of approaches to consciousness as well as advance debate via a detailed critique of them. Philosophy students, researchers with a particular interest in cognitive science and anyone who has wondered how consciousness fits into a scientific view of the world will find this book an illuminating and fascinating read.

Series Statement

Philosophical issues in science

Uniform Title

Philosophical issues in science

Subject

• Bewusstsein Zusammenstellung
• Consciousness
• Mind and body
• Consciousness
• Mind and body
• Erkenntnistheorie
• Leib-Seele-Problem
• Bewusstsein
• Bewustzijn
• Mind and body > Philosophy
• Conscience
• Esprit et corps

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and indexes.

Contents

1. Themes From Descartes -- 2. Identity Theories and the Generation Problem -- 3. HOT Theory: The Mentalistic Reduction of Consciousness -- 4. Dennett I: Everything You Thought You Knew About Experience is Wrong -- 5. Dennett II: Consciousness Fictionalized -- 6. Representational Theories of Consciousness, Part I -- 7. Representational Theories of Consciousness, Part II -- 8. Conscious Intentionality and the Anti-Cartesian Catastrophe -- 9. Consciousness, Information and Panpsychism.

ISBN

• 0415183936
• 9780415183932
• 0415183944
• 9780415183949

LCCN

98034492

OCLC

• ocm39523442
• 39523442
• SCSB-571957

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library