Conscious Mind In Search of a Fundamental Theory

Name: Conscious Mind In Search of a Fundamental Theory
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ISBN: 9780195117899

ISBN-10: 0195117891

ISBN-13: 9780195117899

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: David J. Chalmers

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What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? David J. Chalmers unveils a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, while offering provocative insights into the relationship between mind and brain. Writing in a thought-provoking style, Chalmers proposes that conscious experience must be understood as an irreducible entity similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts. Engaging and penetrating,…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/27/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 9.25" wide x 5.98" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction: Taking Consciousness Seriously



Two Concepts of Mind



Supervenience and Explanation



Can Consciousness Be Reductively Explained?



Naturalistic Dualism



The Paradox of Phenomenal Judgment



The Coherence Between Consciousness and Cognition



Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia



Consciousness and Information: Some Speculation



Strong Artificial Intelligence



The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics


Notes


Bibliography


Index