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1 online resource (x, 181 pages) |
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Advances in consciousness research ; v. 51 |
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Advances in consciousness research ; v. 51.
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Ch. 1. On sensory consciousness -- 1.1. Caging the beast -- 1.2. Internal sense: A good trap -- 1.3. Second sense: A better trap -- 1.4. Purely verbal? -- Ch. 2. On higher-order theories of consciousness -- 2.1. The higher-order explanation of state consciousness -- 2.2. Formulating an alternative: A flat theory of sensory consciousness -- Ch. 3. Solving the problem of Spot-sight -- 3.1. Coordinating sensory consciousness -- 3.2. What good is a second sense? -- 3.3. Spot-sight again -- Ch. 4. Subjectivity -- 4.1. Subjective authority -- 4.2. Special facts or special access? -- 4.3. Subjectivity as the view from here -- 4.4. Deflating (and re-inflating) subjectivity -- Ch. 5. Testing the theory -- 5.1. Troubles with functionalism -- 5.2. The hard problem -- 5.3. On Rosenthal -- 5.4. Dealing with Dennett -- App. A Speculative Hypothesis |
| Summary |
"Caging the Beast: A Theory of Sensory Consciousness offers to explain what these conscious sensory states have in common, by virtue of being conscious as opposed to unconscious states. After arguing against accounts of consciousness in terms of higher-order representation of mental states, the theory claims that sensory consciousness is a special way we have of representing the world. The book also introduces a way of thinking about subjectivity as separate and more fundamental than consciousness, and considers how this foundational notion can be developed into more elaborate varieties. An appendix reviews the connection between consciousness and attention with an eye toward providing a neuropsychological instantiation of the proposed theory."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| SUBJECT |
Bewusstsein Zusammenstellung gnd |
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Consciousness.
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Sense (Philosophy)
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Philosophy of mind.
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Senses and sensation.
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Consciousness
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Sensation
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senses.
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sensation.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body.
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Senses and sensation
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Consciousness
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Philosophy of mind
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Sense (Philosophy)
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Sinne
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Consciousness.
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Sense (Philosophy)
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Philosophy of mind.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
142377227X |
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9781423772279 |
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9789027296627 |
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9027296626 |
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9786612255397 |
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6612255390 |
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1282255398 |
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9781282255395 |
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