Human action, consciousness, and problems of representation / Geeta Ramana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramana, Geeta, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human behavior.

Consciousness.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 265 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A philosophical analysis of ordinary concepts like human action and consciousness, and how they get represented in our language. It examines the philosophical history of the issues that emerge and places the discussion across different paradigms, and brings into contemporary focus some problems like intentionality, relation between mind, body and structure of explanations.

Contents:

Explanations : the different paradigms

Actions and events : problems of identity and description

The schema of practical reasoning

Structure of intentions and actions

Consciousness, language, and representation of action

Semantic realism, empiricism, and interpretation

The problem of consciousness and the linguistic mind

Representation and content

Overcoming the 'explanatory gap' and the 'phenomenal' resistance

In conclusion : three paradigms to the mind-body problem and an Indian paradigm.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 21, 2014).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-908276-6

0-19-809726-3