Quality and content : essays on consciousness, representation, and modality / Joseph Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Joseph, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Modality (Theory of knowledge).

Philosophy of mind.

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 220 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Essays on consciousness, representation, and modality

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Joseph Levine draws together a series of essays in which he has developed his distinctive approach to philosophy of mind. He defends a materialist view of the mind against various challenges, and offers illuminating studies of consciousness, phenomenal concepts, mental representation, demonstrative thought, and cognitive phenomenology.

Contents:

Part I. Architectural issues. Phenomenal concepts and the materialist constraint ; Demonstrative thought ; On the phenomenology of thought

Part II. On consciousness as representation. Experience and representation ; Knowing what it's like ; Conscious awareness and (self- )representation

Part III. Modal and semantic issues. The modal status of materialism / (with Kelly Trogdon) ; The Q factor: modal rationalism vs. modal autonomism ; Modality, semantics, and consciousness

Part IV. Acquaintance-appearance. Color and color experience: colors as ways of appearing ; Secondary qualities: where consciousness and intentionality meet ; Phenomenal experience: a Cartesian theater revival.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed April 5, 2019).

ISBN:

0-19-252046-6

0-19-183986-8

0-19-252045-8