The conscious mind : in search of a fundamental theory
1996
Book
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the subjective life of a conscious mind? These questions are among the most hotly debated issues in science and philosophy today. Now, in The Conscious Mind, philosopher David J. Chalmers offers a cogent analysis of this debate as he lays out a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, but is still compatible with a scientific view of the world.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780195117899
- 9780195105537
- 0195117891
Description: xvii, 414 pages ; 25 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-404) and index.
Contents:
- 1. Two Concepts of Mind
- 2. Supervenience and Explanation
- 3. Can Consciousness Be Reductively Explained?
- 4. Naturalistic Dualism
- 5. The Paradox of Phenomenal Judgment
- 6. The Coherence Between Consciousness and Cognition
- 7. Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia
- 8. Consciousness and Information: Some Speculation
- 9. Strong Artificial Intelligence
- 10. The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.
LCCN: 95036036
Control Number: 3314287
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.