Consciousness and mind

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From a contributor to the philosophical study of consciousness, this volume gathers together his work on the subject and represents the presentation of his influential theory of consciousness, according to which a sensation, thought, or other mental state is conscious if one has a higher-order thought that one is in that state.



Consciousness and Mind presents David Rosenthal's influential work on the nature of consciousness. Central to that work is Rosenthal's higher-order-thought theory of consciousness, according to which a sensation, thought, or other mental state is conscious if one has a higher-order thought (HOT) that one is in that state. The first four essays develop various aspects of that theory. The next three essays present Rosenthal's homomorphism theory of mental qualities and qualitative consciousness, and show how that theory fits with and helps sustain the HOT theory. A crucial feature of homomorphism theory is that it individuates and taxonomizes mental qualities independently of the way we're conscious of them, and indeed independently of our being conscious of them at all. So the theory accommodates the qualitative character not only of conscious sensations and perceptions, but also of those which fall outside our stream of consciousness. Rosenthal argues that, because this account of mental qualities makes no appeal to consciousness, it enables us to dispel such traditional quandaries as the alleged conceivability of undetectable quality inversion, and to disarm various apparent obstacles to explaining qualitative consciousness and understanding its nature. Six further essays build on the HOT theory to explain various important features of consciousness, among them the complex connections that hold in humans between consciousness and speech, the self-interpretative aspect of consciousness, and the compelling sense we have that consciousness is unified. Two of the essays, one an extended treatment of homomorphism theory, appear here for the first time. There is also a substantive introduction, which draws out the connections between the essays and highlights their implications.

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Taal: en

Uitvoering: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 17 november 2005

Aantal pagina's: 392

Illustraties: Nee

Originele titel: Consciousness and Mind

Hoofdauteur: David Rosenthal

Hoofdredacteur: David Rosenthal

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

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Editie: New title

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 163 mm

Product hoogte: 29 mm

Product lengte: 242 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 163 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 29 mm

Verpakking lengte: 242 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 749 g

EAN: 9780198236979

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