Consciousness, Color and Content

Published by MIT Press (2000), Cambridge [MA], 2000

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orig.cloth Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, xiii,198 pp "Experience and feelings are inherently conscious states. There is something it is like to feel pain, to have an itch, to experience bright red. Philosophers call this sort of consciousness "phenomenal consciousness". Even though phenomenal consciousness seems to be a relatively primitive matter, something more widespread in nature than higher-order or reflective consciousness, it is deeply puzzling. In 1995 Michael Tye proposed a theory of phenomenal consciousness now known as representationalism. This book is, in part, devoted to a further development of that theory along with replies to common objections. Tye's focus is broader than representationalism, however. Two prominent challenges for any reductive theory of consciousness are the explanatory gap and the knowledge argument. In part 1 of this book, Tye suggests that these challenges are intimately related. The best strategy for dealing with the explanatory gap, he claims, is to consider it a kind of cognitive illusion. Part 2 of the book is devoted to representationalism. Part 2 connects representationalism with two more general issues. The first is the nature of colour. Tye defends a commonsense, objectivist view of colour and argues that such a view is compatible with modern colour science. In the final chapter, Tye addresses the question of where on the phylogenetic scale phenomenal consciousness ceases, arguing that consciousness extends beyond the realm of vertebrates to such relatively simple creatures as the honeybee" - Publisher's description. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper.…

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Title
Consciousness, Color and Content
Author
Tye, Michael
Publisher
MIT Press (2000), Cambridge [MA]
Publication year
2000
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