Consciousness and the limits of objectivity : the case for subjective physicalism / Robert J. Howell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Robert J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Logical positivism.

Consciousness.

Objectivity.

Metaphysics.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 190 pages)

Other Title:

Case for subjective physicalism

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert J. Howell offers a new account of the relationship between conscious experience and the physical world, based on a neo-Cartesian notion of the physical and careful consideration of three anti-materialist arguments. His theory of subjective physicalism reconciles the data of consciousness with the advantages of a monistic, physical ontology.

Contents:

pt. I Defining Physicalism

1. The Base Problem

2. Supervenience and the Relation Problem

pt. II The Threat of the Subjective

3. Phenomenal Knowledge and Acquaintance

4. Acquaintance and Objectivity

pt. III Saving Physicalism

5. The Ontology of Subjective Physicalism

6. Deduction, Necessitation, and Acquaintance

7. Assessing Subjective Physicalism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-877661-6

0-19-166265-8

OCLC:

846577144