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Consciousness: an Interdisciplinary Guide
Consciousness: an Interdisciplinary Guide
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Author(s): Svolba, David
ISBN No.: 9781554815692
Pages: 350
Year: 202605
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 73.36
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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Concepts of Consciousness 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Rosenthal on Three Forms of Consciousness 1.3. Access-Consciousness and Phenomenal Consciousness 1.4.


Conclusion Chapter 2: Dualism 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The Problem of Consciousness 2.3. Dualism 2.4.


Motivations for Dualism 2.5. Arguments for Dualism 2.6. Problems with Dualism 2.7. Conclusion Chapter 3: Physicalism 3.1.


Introduction 3.2. Identity 3.3. Why Physicalism Is Compelling 3.4. Arguments for Physicalism 3.5.


The Hard Problem of Consciousness 3.6. Conclusion Chapter 4: Radical Alternatives 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Introducing Panpsychism 4.3.


Three Arguments for Panpsychism 4.4. The Combination Problem 4.5. Introducing Illusionism 4.6. Arguments for Illusionism 4.7.


Objections to Illusionism 4.8. Conclusion Chapter 5: Cognitive Theories of Consciousness 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Theories of Consciousness 5.3.


Conscious and Unconscious Mental States 5.4. The PANIC Theory of Consciousness 5.5. Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness 5.6. The Global Workspace Theory of Consciousness 5.7.


The Attention Schema Theory of Consciousness 5.8. Conclusion Chapter 6: The Objects of Perceptual Experience 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Sense-datum Theory and the Argument from Illusion 6.3.


The Pivotal Role of Transparency 6.4. Classic Transparency and Modern Transparency 6.5. The Case against Modern Transparency 6.6. If Transparency Were Jettisoned, Where Would That Leave Direct Realism? 6.7.


The Causal Argument Against Direct Realism 6.8. Conclusion Chapter 7: The Search for the Neural Correlates of Consciousness 7.1. Introduction 7.2. What Is a Neural Correlate of Consciousness? 7.3.


How Do We Investigate the NCC? 7.4. Current Controversies 7.6. Interpreting the NCC 7.7. Conclusion Chapter 8: Animal and Machine Consciousness 8.1.


Introduction 8.2. Two Approaches to Animal Consciousness 8.3. Could There Be a Conscious AI? 8.4. Conclusion Chapter 9: Disorders of Consciousness 9.1.


Introduction 9.2. Dissociative Identity Disorder: Fragmented Identity or Multiple Minds? 9.3. Explaining Alienation: HOT Theory and Disownership Delusion 9.4. Why a Disorder of Consciousness Can Be an Excuse for Criminal Behavior 9.5.


What Makes a Disorder of Consciousness a Medical Illness? 9.6. Conclusion Chapter 10: Altered States of Consciousness 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Altered States of Consciousness and Human Consciousness 10.3.


Altered States of Consciousness and the Nature of External Reality 10.4. Altered States of Consciousness and Mental Health 10.5. Conclusion Chapter 11: Consciousness and Free Will 11.1. Introduction 11.2.


What is "Free Will"? 11.3. Free Will and Determinism 11.4. The Scientific Challenge to Free Will 11.5. Conclusion Chapter 12: The Value of Consciousness 12.1.


Introduction 12.2. Is Consciousness Necessary for Prudential Value? 12.3. Doubts about Experientialism 12.4. Is Consciousness Necessary for Moral Value? 12.5.


Doubts about Moral Experientialism 12.6. Conclusion Works Cited Glossary.


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