The Metaphysics of ConsciousnessPierfrancesco Basile, Julian Kiverstein, Pauline Phemister What is consciousness? What is the place of consciousness in nature? These and related questions occupy a prominent place in contemporary studies in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, often involving complex interdisciplinary connections between philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, biology, and cognitive neuroscience. At the same time, these questions play a fundamental role in the philosophies of great thinkers of the past such as, among others, Plotinus, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, William James, and Edmund Husserl. This new collection of essays by leading contemporary philosophers of mind and historians of philosophy seeks to address these questions from both a systematic and a theoretical perspective and to create a new and fruitful forum for future discussion. In the attempt to do justice to the richness of our mental life, the volume features in-depth examinations not solely of mainstream physicalist doctrines, but also of largely neglected positions such as Cartesian dualism, idealism, and panpsychism. |
Contents
How to Become Unconscious | 21 |
The Road to Substance Dualism | 45 |
How to Turn the 2nd Paralogism | 61 |
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A. J. Ayer actual world argued argument auditory aware brain Cambridge Campbell causal claim co-conscious complete conception concrete conscious experience Dainton Descartes distinction dualist enactivism ence Ennead epiphenomenal example exist experience of change experiencing explain fact fundamental Galen Strawson hearing holism Husserl Ibid idea Institute of Philosophy Intellect intentional intentionality interdependence Kant kind logical mental metaphysics nature Noë Noë's notion object ontological Oxford panpsychism panpsychist patterns perceived phenomenal character phenomenal consciousness phenomenal unity phenomenology philosophy of mind physicalist Plotinus possible present problem purely qualia question reality reason Relational View representational content Representational View Representationalist rewired sciousness seems sense sensory simply single sort soul specious present Sprigge's Strawson Stream of Consciousness strong unity subject of experience substance suppose T. L. S. Sprigge theory things thought Timothy Sprigge true Type 5 dependency unified University Press visual experience whole zombies