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Raw feeling : a philosophical account of the essence of consciousness / Robert Kirk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirk, Robert, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consciousness.
- Mind and body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 251 pages)
- Other Title:
- Philosophical account of the essence of consciousness
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Robert Kirk attempts to answer the problem of consciousness that derives from the notorious gap beween our knowledge of ourselves as matter and our subjective knowledge of what we experience.
- Contents:
- 1. Raw Feeling and the Intelligibility Gap
- 2. Is the Notion Sound?
- 3. Strict Implication and the Swiss Cheese Principle
- 4. Perceptual Information
- 5. Conscious Subjects
- 6. The Character of Raw Feeling
- 7. The Gap Has Been Bridged.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-167935-6
- 0-19-823679-4
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