Consciousness in Contemporary Science - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0198522371 ISBN 13: 9780198522379

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1992

Riassunto

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in consciousness, from a number of viewpoints. In this book, the place of consciousness in modern science is discussed by leading authorities from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, philosophy, and neurology. They address several main issues: the theoretical status of different aspects of consciousness; the criteria for using the concept and for distinguishing instances of conscious and non-conscious behaviour; the basis of consciousness in cognition and in functional brain organization; the relationship between different levels of theoretical discourse; disorders of consciousness, especially neurological; and the functions of consciousness. The book thus presents a wide-ranging survey of current thinking on this important topic.

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Recensione:

`It is a pleasure to report that the present volume is a wonderful collection of papers from a variety of psychologically relevant perspectives that are actually written to address the issue of consciousness head on.'`The book is full of memorable and challenging statements, ...., the spirit of the presentations, and their collection in one volume, singles this out as that most rare of beasts, a book that nearly all psychologists will find of interest.' The Psychologist

Contenuti:

Anthony J. Marcel & E. Bisiach: A cautious welcome: an introduction and guide to the book; Kathleen Wilkes: - , yishi, duh, um, and consciousness; Daniel C. Dennett: Quining qualia; Robert Van Gulick: Consciousness, intrinsic intentionality, and self-understanding machines; Edoardo Bisiach: The (haunted) brain and consciousness; Anthony J. Marcel: Phenomenal experience and functionalism; Alan Allport: What concept of consciousness?; Lawrence Weiskrantz: Some contributions of neuropsychology of vision and memory to the problem of consciousness; Matthew Hugh Erdelyi: Hypermnesia and insight; Michael S. Gazzaniga: Brain modularity: towards a philosophy of conscious experience; Marcel Kinsbourne: Integrated field theory of consciousness; Richard L. Gregory: Consciousness in science and philosophy: consciousness and con-science; Patricia Smith Churchland: Reduction and the neurobiological basis of consciousness; Tim Shallice: Information-processing models of consciousness: possibilities and problems; Carlo Umilta: The control and operations of consciousness; Philip N. Johnson-Laird: A computational analysis of consciousness; Keith Oatley: On changing one's mind: a possible function of conciousness; Index.

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• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0198522371
• ISBN 13: 9780198522379
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416
• Redattore: Marcel A. J., Bisiach E.