Constructing the World

Chalmers, David J.

ISBN 10: 0199608571 / ISBN 13: 9780199608577

Published by Oxford University Press, 2012

About this Item

Octavo, xxvi+494 pages, hardback with dustjacket, a very good copy.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1667703140201

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing the World
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199608571
• ISBN 13: 9780199608577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A highly ambitious and original picture of the world

About the Author

David Chalmers is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at the Australian National University, and Professor of Philosophy at New York University. After studying mathematics at Adelaide and Oxford, he completed a PhD in philosophy and cognitive science at Indiana University in 1993. His 1996 book The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory was highly successful with both popular and academic audiences. As director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona from 1999 to 2004, and as a founder of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, he has played a major role in developing the interdisciplinary science of consciousness. He is well known for his formulation of the 'hard problem' of consciousness and his arguments against materialism. He has also written on topics as diverse as the nature of meaning, the foundations of artificial intelligence, and philosophical issues in The Matrix.