Conscious ExperienceThomas Metzinger The contributions to this book are original articles, representing a cross-section of current philosophical work on consciousness and thereby allowing students and readers from other disciplines to acquaint themselves with the very latest debate, so that they can then pursue their own research interests more effectively. The volume includes a bibliography on consciousness in philosophy, cognitive science and brain research, covering the last 25 years and consisting of over 1000 entries in 18 thematic sections, compiled by David Chalmers and Thomas Metzinger. |
Contents
Introduction | 41 |
What Would Count as Explaining Consciousness? | 61 |
The Burning House | 81 |
Sceptical Accounts | 93 |
On the Prospects of a Naturalistic Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness | 107 |
Towards a Projectivist Account of Conscious Experience | 123 |
Introduction | 145 |
TimeGestalt and the Observer | 165 |
On the Persistence of Phenomenology | 293 |
Absent Qualia Fading Qualia Dancing Qualia | 309 |
Introduction | 331 |
Multiple Drafts and Facts of the Matter | 359 |
The Dissociation of Phenomenal States from Apperception | 373 |
Introduction | 387 |
Visual InformationProcessing and Phenomenal Consciousness | 409 |
Holism Homogeneity and Temporal Coding | 425 |
Gaps in Penroses Toilings | 185 |
Introduction | 215 |
A Limited Defence of Phenomenal Information | 243 |
The Antipathetic Fallacy and the Boundaries of Consciousness | 259 |
Qualia | 270 |
Intrinsic Relational or What? | 277 |
Introduction | 465 |
Artificial Consciousness | 489 |
Selected Bibliography 19701995 | 507 |
List of Contributors | 557 |
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