The Subject of ConsciousnessFirst published in 2002. This is Volume VI of seventeen in the Philosophy of Mind and Psychology series. Written in 1970, this work is an exercise in constructive philosophy, looking at the subject of consciousness and a theory offered as an explanation of self-awareness. |
Contents
CONSCIOUSNESS | 37 |
The Nature of the Concept | 49 |
Sir William Hamilton and His Critics | 57 |
ATTENTION | 67 |
Rejection of the Notion of an AttentionFree | 80 |
The Varieties of Attention | 92 |
UNPROJECTED CONSCIOUSNESS | 104 |
Unprojected Consciousness and Executive | 122 |
The Logical Dependence of Mental Images | 128 |
THE EXPERIENTIAL SELF | 144 |
The Problems the Theory Solves | 153 |
Support from Unexpected Quarters | 169 |
YESTERDAYS SELF | 182 |
The Dependence of a Persisting Self on | 206 |
directed attention reflection is dependent | 218 |
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analysis appropriate argued argument awareness Ayer bodily activities body C. D. Broad café claim compresent concept continuous upshot Dawes Hicks defined definition deny describe distinction element of consciousness entails executive attention existence experience experiential fact feeling foreground form of attention G. E. Moore give H. H. Price Hamilton hearing idea identify interrogative attention J. S. Mill James James's theory kinaesthetic sensations listening logical looking means mental mental event mind monoideism native knowledge ness object of attention ourselves passage paying attention perception performance personal identity persons-approach philosophers position possible proposition Psychology Pure Ego Theory quasi-body question reason refer relevancy system result Ribot Ryle Ryle's sciousness self-approach self-awareness sense field sense of consciousness sense-organ Serial Theory Sir William Hamilton somatic field sort subject of consciousness thing thinking thought tion total temporary true type of attention unprojected consciousness verbs voluntary attention word consciousness