Understanding Consciousness | Max Velmans | Taylor & Francis eBooks, R

ABSTRACT

First published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

PART I Mind–body theories and their problems

chapter 1|6 pages

WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?

chapter 2|14 pages

IS THERE A CONSCIOUS SOUL IN THE BRAIN?

chapter 3|25 pages

ARE MIND AND MATTER THE SAME THING?

chapter 4|25 pages

ARE MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS JUST ACTIVITIES?

chapter 5|28 pages

COULD ROBOTS BE CONSCIOUS?

part |2 pages

Part II A NEW ANALYSIS: HOW TO MARRY SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENCE

chapter 6|36 pages

CONSCIOUS PHENOMENOLOGY AND COMMON SENSE

chapter 7|30 pages

EXPERIENCED WORLDS, THE WORLD DESCRIBED BY PHYSICS, AND THE THING ITSELF

chapter 8|24 pages

SUBJECTIVE, INTERSUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE SCIENCE

chapter 9|30 pages

CONSCIOUSNESS, BRAINS AND HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING

part |2 pages

Part III A NEW SYNTHESIS: REFLEXIVE MONISM

chapter 10|11 pages

WHAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS

chapter 11|27 pages

WHAT CONSCIOUSNESS DOES

chapter 12|21 pages

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IN A REFLEXIVE UNIVERSE