The Problem of Consciousness Essays Towards a Resolution

McGinn, Colin:

ISBN 10: 0631176985 / ISBN 13: 9780631176985

Published by Oxford, Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1991

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VIII, 216 Seiten Hardcover. Original Pappband. Bibliotheksschild auf Vorderdeckel. Kein Schutzumschlag. Guter Zustand. Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Bibliotheksstempeln und Einträgen. Sonst innen sehr sauberer, guter Zustand. - Original board with library label on upper cover. No jacket. Good condition. Inside with the common library stamps and inscriptions. Otherwise very clean. B14-02-04E|A90 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 440.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problem of Consciousness Essays Towards a Resolution
• Publisher: Oxford, Basil Blackwell Ltd
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631176985
• ISBN 13: 9780631176985
• Binding: 23,5 x 15,5 cm
• Edition: 1. Auflage.
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modernes Antiquariat

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Synopsis

This book addresses the problem of consciosness in a material world. The author argues that a belief in consciousness does not undermine atheistic naturalism, despite the fact that consciousness cannot presently be explained by the physical sciences. He considers subjectivity, intentionality, the limits of introspection, mental causation, and the hidden structure of consciousness. There is also material on philosophical laws, mental kinds, functionalism, and machine consciousness. The book concludes that most of the difficulties that philosophers and scientists have experienced in this area are in essence conceptual ones.