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Consciousness
"A Bradford book."In this book, William Lycan defends an original theory of mind that he calls "homuncular functionalism." What is consciousness? The answer to this question has been pondered upon, grappled with, and argued about since time immemorial. There has never been an answer that achieved consensus; certainly philosophers have never agreed.In this book, William Lycan defends an original…
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- 9780262278676
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- 1 online resource (xii, 165 pages)
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Consciousness and Persons: Unity and Identity
"A Bradford book."In Consciousness and Persons: Unity and Identity, Michael Tye takes on the thorny issue of the unity of consciousness and answers these important questions: What exactly is the unity of consciousness? Can a single person have a divided consciousness? What is a single person? Tye argues that unity is a fundamental part of human consciousness--something so basic to everyday expe…
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- 9780262285308
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- 1 online resource (xv, 203 pages) :illustrations.
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Consciousness, Color, and Content
"A Bradford book."Experiences 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…
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- 9780262285315
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages).
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Consciousness Reconsidered
"A Bradford book."Consciousness is neither miraculous nor ultimately mysterious. In this broad, entertaining, and persuasive account Owen Flanagan argues that we are on the way to understanding consciousness and its place in the natural order. No aspect of consciousness escapes Flanagan's probe. Qualia, self-consciousness, autobiographical memory, perceptions, sensations, the stream of consciou…
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- 9780262272759
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages)
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Attention and Performance XV :conscious and nonconscious information processing
"Based on the papers that were presented at the Fifteenth International Symposium on Attention and Performance held ... Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 26-31, 1992."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262285360
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- 1 online resource (xix, 945 pages) :illustrations, portraits.
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Being no one :the self-model theory of subjectivity
"A Bradford book."According to Thomas Metzinger, no such things as selves exist in the world: nobody ever had or was a self. All that exists are phenomenal selves, as they appear in conscious experience. The phenomenal self, however, is not a thing but an ongoing process; it is the content of a "transparent self-model." In Being No One, Metzinger, a German philosopher, draws strongly on neurosc…
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- 9780262279727
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- 1 online resource (xii, 699 pages)
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Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen
This is not the usual kind of self-help book. Indeed, its major premise heeds a Zen master's advice to be less self-centered. Yes, it is "one more book of words about Zen," as the author concedes, yet this book explains meditative practices from the perspective of a " neural Zen." The latest findings in brain research inform its suggestions. In Meditating Selflessly, James Austin -- Zen practit…
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- 9780262300155
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 251 pages) :illustrations (some color)
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The ancient origins of consciousness how the brain created experience
"How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific findings to answer these questions--and to tackle the most fundamental question about the nature of consciousness: how does the material brain create subjective…
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- 9780262333269
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- 1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) :illustrations
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Re-Emergence: Locating Conscious Properties in a Material World
Revisiting and defending a key doctrine of the once widely accepted school of philosophy known as emergentism, Gerald Vision proposes that conscious states are emergents, although they depend for their exsitence on their material bases.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298599
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- 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages)
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The Consciousness Paradox: Consciousness, Concepts, and Higher-Order Thoughts
"A Bradford Book."This publication presents a defense of a version of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness with special attention to such topics as concepts and animal consciousness.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298582
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- 1 online resource (x, 378 pages).
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