Structuring mind : the nature of attention and how it shapes consciousness / Sebastian Watzl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watzl, Sebastian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attention.

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 323 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Nature of attention and how it shapes consciousness

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2017

Summary:

What is attention? How does attention shape consciousness? Sebastian Watzl engages with foundational topics in the philosophy of mind, the theory of action, psychology, and the neurosciences to provide a unified and comprehensive answer to both questions.

Contents:

Introduction: structure in mind: Attention regained

The nature of attention, and how it shapes consciousness

Attention and philosophy

Methods

Reading Guide

Part I: What is attention?: Beyond brain mechanisms: attention is a subject-level phenomenon

Attending: why attention is a mental activity

Activities: temporal shape and guiding form

Priority structures: how attention organizes the mind

The what and why of priority structures: interpretation and functional role

Psychological salience: passive attention guidance

Executive control: active attention guidance

Part II: Attention and consciousness

Beyond appearances: the phenomenal contributions of attention

Phenomenal structure: center and periphery-fringe, field, and margin

Phenomenal salience: the dynamics of attention and the flowing stream

Awareness of attending: agentive awareness and introspective knowledge

Necessity and sufficiency: the inconclusive empirical case for a one-sided dependency

The perspectivity picture: why attention is essential to phenomenal consciousness

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-251789-9

0-19-183928-0

0-19-163300-3