Character of Consciousness

Name: Character of Consciousness
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ISBN: 9780195311112

ISBN-10: 0195311116

ISBN-13: 9780195311112

Edition: 2010

Authors: David J. Chalmers

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What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness, Chalmers builds a positive framework for the science of consciousness and a nonreductive vision of the metaphysics of consciousness. He replies to many critics of The Conscious Mind, and then develops a positive theory in new directions. The book includes original accounts of how we think and know about…

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List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 9.17" wide x 6.22" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English



Introduction



The Problems of Consciousness



Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness


Afterword: From "Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness"



The Science of Consciousness



How Can We Construct a Science of Consciousness?


Afterword: First-Person Data and First-Person Science



What Is a Neural Correlate of Consciousness?



On the Search for the Neural Correlate of Consciousness



The Metaphysics of Consciousness



Consciousness and Its Place in Nature



The Two-Dimensional Argument against Materialism


Afterword: Other Anti-Materialist Arguments



Conceptual Analysis and Reductive Explanation




Concepts of Consciousness



The Content of Phenomenal Concepts



The Epistemology of Phenomenal Belief



Phenomenal Concepts and the Explanatory Gap



The Contents of Consciousness



The Representational Character of Experience


Afterword: The Two-Dimensional Contents of Perception



Perception and the Fall from Eden



The Matrix as Metaphysics455


Afterword: Philosophical Notes



The Unity of Consciousness



What Is the Unity of Consciousness?



Appendix: Two-Dimensional Semantics


Bibliography


Subject Index


Name Index