Understanding phenomenal consciousness / William S. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, William S. (William Spencer), 1940- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in philosophy.

Cambridge studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William S. Robinson has for many years written insightfully about the mind-body problem. In Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness he focuses on sensory experience (e.g., pain, afterimages) and perception qualities such as colours, sounds and odours to present a dualistic view of the mind, called Qualitative Event Realism, that goes against the dominant materialist views. This theory is relevant to the development of a science of consciousness which is now being pursued not only by philosophers but by researchers in psychology and the brain sciences. This provocative book will interest students and professionals who work in the philosophy of mind and will also have cross-disciplinary appeal in cognitive psychology and the brain sciences.

Contents:

I: Qualitative event realism

Dualism

Representationalism

Transparency

Higher order theories

Monitoring

Functionalism

Skepticism and the causes of qualitative events

Epiphenomenalism

II: Unified dualism

Patterns as causes of qualitative events

A possible future.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-257) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14957-6

1-280-45831-3

0-511-18611-8

0-511-18528-6

0-511-18797-1

0-511-31392-6

0-511-49888-8

0-511-18704-1

OCLC:

171138601