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The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates

by Ned J. Block

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ISBN13: 9780262522106
ISBN10: 0262522101
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Intended for anyone attempting to find their way through the large and confusingly interwoven philosophical literature on consciousness, this reader brings together most of the principal texts in philosophy (and a small set of related key works in neuropsychology) on consciousness through 1997, and includes some forthcoming articles. Its extensive coverage strikes a balance between seminal works of the past few decades and the leading edge of philosophical research on consciousness.

As no other anthology currently does, The Nature of Consciousness provides a substantial introduction to the field, and imposes structure on a vast and complicated literature, with sections covering stream of consciousness, theoretical issues, consciousness and representation, the function of consciousness, subjectivity and the explanatory gap, the knowledge argument, qualia, and monitoring conceptions of consciousness. Of the 49 contributions, 18 are either new or have been adapted from a previous publication.

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This text is an introduction to consciousness which aims to impose structure on the relating philosophical literature. There are sections covering stream of consciousness, theoretical issues, function of consciousness, subjectivity and the explanatory gap, the knowledge argument and qualia.

About the Author

Ned Block is Silver Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at New York University and was Chair of the Philosophy Program at MIT from 1990 to 1995. He is a coeditor of The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates (MIT Press, 1997).Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of Consciousness Reconsidered (MIT Press), The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them, and other books.Güven Güzeldere is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Duke University. He is coeditor (with Ned Block and Owen Flanagan) of The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical and Scientific Debates (MIT Press, 1998) and a founding associate editor of Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness.

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ISBN:
9780262522106
Subtitle:
Philosophical Debates
Editor:
Block, Ned J.
Editor:
Flanagan, Owen
Editor:
Block, Ned J.
Editor:
Guzeldere, Guven
Author:
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Author:
Flanagan, Owen J.
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Block, Ned
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Editor:
Guzeldere, Guven
Editor:
Flanagan, Owen
Publisher:
MIT Press (MA)
Location:
Cambridge, Mass. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Mind & Body
Subject:
Cognitive Psychology
Subject:
Consciousness
Subject:
Philosophy of mind
Edition Description:
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Series:
Bradford Books
Series Volume:
96-05
Publication Date:
August 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
44
Pages:
873
Dimensions:
899x696x168 298

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