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Beschreibung
The relation between subjective consciousness and the physical brain is widely regarded as the last mystery facing science. Papineau argues that consciousness seems mysterious not because of any hidden essence, but only because we think about it in a special way. He exposes the resulting potential for confusion, and shows that much scientific study of consciousness is misconceived.
The relation between subjective consciousness and the physical brain is widely regarded as the last mystery facing science. Papineau argues that consciousness seems mysterious not because of any hidden essence, but only because we think about it in a special way. He exposes the resulting potential for confusion, and shows that much scientific study of consciousness is misconceived.
Über den Autor
David Papineau is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. His books include Theory and Meaning (Clarendon 1979), Reality and Representation (Blackwell 1987), Philosophical Naturalism (Blackwell 1993), The Philosophy of Science (Oxford Readings in Philosophy 1996), and a collection of essays, The Roots of Reason (Clarendon 2003).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Introduction

  • 1: The Case for Materialism

  • 2: Conceptual Dualism

  • 3: The Impossibility of Zombies

  • 4: Phenomenal Concepts

  • 5: The Explanatory Gap

  • 6: The Intuition of Distinctness

  • 7: Prospects for the Scientific Study of Phenomenal Consciousness

  • Appendix: The History of the Completeness of Physics

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Importe, Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199271153
ISBN-10: 0199271151
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Papineau, David
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: David Papineau
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2004
Gewicht: 0,404 kg
Artikel-ID: 108634684