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The phenomenological mind : an introduction to philosophy of mind and cognitive science / Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallagher, Shaun, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phenomenology.
- Philosophy of mind.
- Cognitive science.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Summary:
- The Phenomenological Mind is the first book to properly introduce fundamental questions about the mind from the perspective of phenomenology. Key questions and topics covered include: What is phenomenology?naturalizing phenomenology and the empirical cognitive sciencesphenomenology and consciousness consciousness and self-consciousness, including perception and action time and consciousness, including William James, Edmund Husserl and temporal disorders in psychopathology intentionality the embodied mind action knowledge of other minds situated and extended mindsphenomenology and personal identity. Interesting and important examples are used throughout, including phantom limb syndrome, blindsight and self-disorders in schizophrenia, making the Phenomenological Mind an ideal introduction to key concepts in phenomenology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: philosophy of mind, cognitive science and phenomenology 1
- An oversimplified account of the last 100 years 2
- What is phenomenology? 5
- 2 Methodologies 13
- Fantasies in the science of consciousness 14
- Phenomenological method 19
- Naturalizing phenomenology 28
- 3 Consciousness and self-consciousness 45
- Consciousness and pre-reflective self-consciousness 46
- Pre-reflective self-consciousness and 'what it is like' 49
- Blindsight 57
- Self-consciousness and reflection 61
- Conclusion: driving it home 65
- 4 Time 69
- The default account 70
- A phenomenology of time-consciousness 75
- The micro-structure of consciousness and self-consciousness 79
- Time-consciousness and dynamical systems theory 80
- Is consciousness of a temporal process itself temporally extended? 82
- Historicity 85
- 5 Perception 89
- Perceptual holism 94
- The role of others 100
- 6 Intentionality 107
- What is intentionality? 109
- Resemblance, causation, and mental representation 111
- The positive account 113
- Intentionalism 116
- Intentionality and consciousness 119
- Phenomenology, externalism, and metaphysical realism 121
- 7 The embodied mind 129
- Robotic and biological bodies 133
- How the body defines the space of experience 141
- The body as experientially transparent 144
- Embodiment and social cognition 148
- 8 Action and agency 153
- The phenomenology of agency 158
- Experimenting with the sense of agency 162
- My actions and yours 167
- 9 How we know others 171
- Theory of mind debate 171
- Problems with implicit simulation 177
- Empathy and the argument from analogy 181
- Mentalism and the conceptual problem of other minds 183
- Interaction and narrative 187
- 10 Self and person 197
- Neuroscepticism and the no-self doctrine 198
- Various notions of self 199
- Sociality and personality 205
- A developmental story 206
- Pathologies of the self 208.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415391210
- 9780415391214
- 0415391229
- 9780415391221
- 0203086597
- 9780203086599
- OCLC:
- 145388192
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