Beyond physicalism / Daniel D. Hutto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutto, Daniel D.

Series:

Advances in consciousness research ; v. 21.

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Attention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000.

Summary:

Unlike standard attempts to address the so-called 'hard problem' of consciousness, which assume our understanding of consciousness is unproblematic, this book begins by focusing on phenomenology and is devoted to clarifying the relations between intentionality, propositional content and experience. In particular, it argues that the subjectivity of experience cannot be understood in representationalist terms. This is important, for it is because many philosophers fail to come to terms with subjectivity that they are at a loss to provide a convincing solution to the mind-body problem. In this li

Contents:

BEYOND PHYSICALISM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Nonconceptual Experience; CHAPTER TWO. From a Sensational Point of View; CHAPTER THREE. The Failure of Explanatory Physicalism; CHAPTER FOUR. Intelligibility and Conceptual Limits; CHAPTER FIVE. Pluralistic Naturalism and Absolute Idealism; CHAPTER SIX. Defending Absolute Idealism; CHAPTER SEVEN. Truth and the Whole Truth; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-266) and index.

ISBN:

9786613174345

9781283174343

1283174340

9789027283436

9027283435

OCLC:

742367093