A Dialogue on Consciousness
A Dialogue on Consciousness
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Author(s): Alter, Torin
Alter, Torin Andrew
ISBN No.: 9780195375305
Pages: 160
Year: 200901
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 69.93
Status: Out Of Print

PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Monday NightLate night in the LibraryThe Subjectivity of ExperienceThe Soul and The MindDescartes' Conceivability ArgumentLois Lane, Clark Kent, and SupermanArnauld's Objection to Descartes' ArgumentHume's Elusive SelfSouls and the Problem of Mental-Physical Causation2. Tuesday NightComputers and CognitionConsciousness versus CognitionIgnoring SubjectivityWhat is it Like to be a Bat?The Need for a New FrameworkMary and The Knowledge Argument against PhysicalismSpectrum Inversion* Zombies and the Conceivability Argument against Physicalism3. Wednesday NightThe Structure of the Anti-Physicalist Arguments: the Epistemic Step and the Metaphysical StepQuestioning the Epistemic StepAfterimages and Mary's Shortcuts to Phenomenal KnowledgeThe Importance of DeductionPsycho-Physical LawsHooking Up to the PhysicalThe Objectivity Condition on the PhysicalDeduction and TranslationThe Ability HypothesisThe Connection between Abilities and InformationThe Transparency of Experience and Representationalism4. Thursday NightQuestioning the Metaphysical StepSuperheroes and the Many Disguises of Physical FactsDisguise Depends on IgnoranceThe Cognitive Isolation of Phenomenal ConceptsMartian Mary and the Phenomenal Concept StrategyDo Phenomenal Concepts Require Experience?The Dilemma for the Phenomenal Concept StrategyDescartes Returns, with Zombies5. Friday NightClarifying Property DualismWhy Souls are No HelpThe Causal Inefficacy of Non-Physical QualiaAssessing the Costs of EpiphenomenalismThe Paradox of Phenomenal JudgmentThe Attractions of Monism6. Saturday NightPanpsychismPhenomenal Properties as the Ground of Physical DispositionsPanprotopsychismThe Combination ProblemThe Problem of Mental-Physical Causation ReduxThe Significance of IgnoranceDefining the PhysicalSubjective PhysicalismNecessitation without DeductionThe Sun RisesSources of QuotationsReading SuggestionsIndex.


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