What is the Problem of Consciousness?: Materialism, Awareness & What-it-is-likeness - Softcover

Cummins, Neil Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907962050 ISBN 13: 9781907962059

Publisher: Cranmore Publications, 2011

Synopsis

The 'problem of consciousness' is widely seen as an intractable mystery - the biggest challenge humanity faces as it seeks to gain a 'complete' understanding of both itself and the non-human world. But what exactly is consciousness? The aim of this book is to help to initiate a change of perspective and to thereby dissolve the seeming intractability of the 'problem of consciousness'.

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From the Publisher

The author reviews the contemporary framing of the 'problem of consciousness' and contends that the problem is widely seen to be a very special one because of the nature of this framing; the 'problem of consciousness' is a special problem because it is seen as the 'problem of what-it-is-likeness'. By teasing apart the 'problem of consciousness' into two separate problems - the 'problem of what-it-is-likeness' and the 'problem of awareness' - an alternative conceptualisation is reached which demystifies the 'problem of consciousness'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cranmore Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907962050
• ISBN 13: 9781907962059
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36