Consciousness in Contemporary Science

Name: Consciousness in Contemporary Science
Author: A. J. Marcel

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Paperback, 416 blz. | Engels

| e druk, 1992

ISBN13: 9780198522379

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Samenvatting

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in consciousness, from a number of viewpoints. In this book, the place of consciousness in modern science is discussed by leading authorities from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, philosophy, and neurology. They address several main issues: the theoretical status of different aspects of consciousness; the criteria for using the concept and for distinguishing instances of conscious and non-conscious behaviour; the basis of consciousness in cognition and in functional brain organization; the relationship between different levels of theoretical discourse; disorders of consciousness, especially neurological; and the functions of consciousness. The book thus presents a wide-ranging survey of current thinking on this important topic.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780198522379

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:Paperback

Aantal pagina's:416

Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij

Inhoudsopgave

Anthony J. Marcel & E. Bisiach: A cautious welcome: an introduction and guide to the book; Kathleen Wilkes: - , yishi, duh, um, and consciousness; Daniel C. Dennett: Quining qualia; Robert Van Gulick: Consciousness, intrinsic intentionality, and self-understanding machines; Edoardo Bisiach: The (haunted) brain and consciousness; Anthony J. Marcel: Phenomenal experience and functionalism; Alan Allport: What concept of consciousness?; Lawrence Weiskrantz: Some contributions of neuropsychology of vision and memory to the problem of consciousness; Matthew Hugh Erdelyi: Hypermnesia and insight; Michael S. Gazzaniga: Brain modularity: towards a philosophy of conscious experience; Marcel Kinsbourne: Integrated field theory of consciousness; Richard L. Gregory: Consciousness in science and philosophy: consciousness and con-science; Patricia Smith Churchland: Reduction and the neurobiological basis of consciousness; Tim Shallice: Information-processing models of consciousness: possibilities and problems; Carlo Umilta: The control and operations of consciousness; Philip N. Johnson-Laird: A computational analysis of consciousness; Keith Oatley: On changing one's mind: a possible function of conciousness; Index.