UID:
edocfu_9959239054402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (317 p.)
ISBN:
0-203-27352-4
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0-203-05307-9
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1-280-19487-1
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9786610194872
Serie:
Philosophical issues in science
Inhalt:
The most remarkable fact about the universe is that certain parts of it are conscious. Somehow nature has managed to pull the rabbit of experience out of a hat made of mere matter. Making its own contribution to the current, lively debate about the nature of consciousness, Theories of Consciousness introduces variety of approaches to consciousness and explores to what extent scientific understanding of consciousness is possible. Including discussion of key figures, such as Descartes, Foder, Dennett and Chalmers, the book covers identity theories, representational theories, intentio
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Themes From Descartes; Identity Theories and the Generation Problem; HOT Theory: The Mentalistic Reduction of Consciousness; Dennett I: Everything You Thought You Knew About Experience is Wrong; Dennett II: Consciousness Fictionalized; Representational Theories of Consciousness, Part I; Representational Theories of Consciousness, Part II; Conscious Intentionality and the Anti-Cartesian Catastrophe; Consciousness, Information and Panpsychism; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Subject Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-18394-4
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-18393-6
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203053072
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