Mind world : essays in phenomenology and ontology / David Woodruff Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, David Woodruff, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Phenomenology.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection explores the structure of consciousness and its place in the world, or inversely the structure of the world and the place of consciousness in it. Amongst the topics covered are: the phenomenological aspects of experience (inner awareness, self-awareness), dependencies between experience and the world (the role of the body in experience, the role of culturally formed background ideas) and the basic ontological categories found in the world at large (unity, state-of-affairs, connectedness, dependence and intentionality). Developing ideas drawn from historical figures such as Descartes, Husserl, Aristotle, and Whitehead, the essays together demonstrate the interdependence of ontology and phenomenology and its significance for the philosophy of mind.

Contents:

Three facets of consciousness

The cogito circa A.D. 2000

Return to consciousness

Consciousness in action

Background ideas

Intentionality naturalized?

Consciousness and actuality

Basic categories

The beetle in the box.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14864-2

1-280-45776-7

1-139-16532-1

0-511-18603-7

0-511-18520-0

0-511-18789-0

0-511-31387-X

0-511-18696-7

OCLC:

171138583