Consciousness and the world / Brian O'Shaughnessy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Shaughnessy, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Philosophy of mind.

Medical Subjects:

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 705 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brian O'Shaughnessy presents a theory of consciousness, one of the most fascinating but puzzling aspects of human existence. He investigates what consciousness is and how it engages, through perception, with the world.

Contents:

pt. I. Consciousness. 1. The Experience. 2. The Anatomy of Consciousness. 3. Self-Consciousness and Self-Knowledge. 4. 'Translucence'. 5. Consciousness and the Mental Will. 6. Inferiority and Thinking

pt. II. The Attention and Perception. 7. The Attention. 8. The Attention and Perception (1). 9. The Attention and Perception (2). 10. Perception and Truth. 11. The Imagination (1). 12. The Imagination (2). 13. Imagination and Perception. 14. Active Attending

pt. III. Seeing. 15. 'Blindsight' and the Essence of Seeing. 16. Seeing the Light. 17. Sense-Data (1). 18. Sense-Data (2). 19. Secondary Qualities. 20. The 'Perceptual Given'. 21. Appearances. 22. Perceptually Constituting the Material Object.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-159813-5

0-19-925672-1