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Ignorance and imagination : the epistemic origin of the problem of consciousness

Title: Ignorance and imagination : the epistemic origin of the problem of consciousness / Daniel Stoljar.
Author: Stoljar, Daniel.
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description

xi, 249 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Ignorance and Imagination advances a novel way to resolve the central philosophical problem about the mind: how it is that consciousness or experience fits into a larger naturalistic picture of the world. The correct response to the problem, Stoljar argues, is not to posit a realm of experience distinct from the physical, nor to deny the reality of phenomenal experience, nor even to rethink our understanding of consciousness and the language we use to talk about it. Instead, we should view the problem itself as a consequence of our ignorance of the relevant physical facts."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Philosophy of mind series

Uniform Title

Philosophy of mind series.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-242) and index.

Contents

Introduction : the slugs and the tiles -- 1. The phenomenal conception -- 2. Three problems of experience -- 3. The skeptical challenge -- 4. Error from ignorance -- 5. General plausibility -- 6. Russellian speculations -- 7. Historical precedent -- 8. Objections and replies -- 9. A posteriori entailment -- 10. A priori entailment -- 11. Genuine rivals, revelation, and concluding remarks.

ISBN

0195306589
9780195306583

LCCN

2005054714
9780195306583

OCLC

ocn224626540
224626540
SCSB-9469823

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library