In recent years consciousness has become a significant area of study in the cognitive sciences. The 'Frontiers of Consciousness' is a major interdisciplinary exploration of consciousness. The book stems from the Chichele lectures held at All Souls College in Oxford, and features contributions from a 'who's who' of authorities from both philosophy and psychology. The result is a truly interdisciplinary volume, which tackles some of the biggest and most impenetrable problems in consciousness. The book includes chapters considering the apparent explanatory gap between science and consciousness, our conscious experience of emotions such as fear, and of willed actions by ourselves and others. It looks at subjective differences between two ways in which visual information guides behaviour, and scientific investigation of consciousness in non-human animals. It looks at the challenges that the mind-brain relation presents for clinical practice as well as for theories of consciousness. The book draws on leading research from philosophy, experimental psychology, functional imaging of the brain, neuropsychology, neuroscience, and clinical neurology. Distinctive in its accessibility, authority, and its depth of coverage, 'Frontiers of Consciousness' will be a groundbreaking and influential addition to the consciousness literature.
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The 'Frontiers of Consciousness' is a truly interdisciplinary volume on consciousness, one which tackles some of the biggest and most impenetrable problems in the field. Distinctive in its accessibility, authority, and its depth of coverage, the book is a groundbreaking and influential addition to the consciousness literature.
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1. Consciousness and explanation ; 2. Explanatory gaps and dualist intuitions ; 3. Emotional coloration of consciousness: how feelings came about ; 4. Emotion, higher order syntactic thoughts and consciousness ; 5. Conscious and unconscious visual processing in the human brain ; 6. Vision, action and awareness ; 7. The social functions of consciousness ; 8. Are we studying consciousness yet? ; 9. Beast machines? Questions of animal consciousness ; 10. Why a rat is not a beast machine ; 11. Does consciousness spring from the brain? Dilemmas of awareness in practice and theory ; 12. On the ubiquity of conscious-unconscious dissociations in neuropsychology
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Edited by two leading figures in psychology and philosophy of mind, and including contributions from an all star cast of scientists and philosophers Unparalleled in its authority and depth of coverage
Edited by two leading figures in psychology and philosophy of mind, and including contributions from an all star cast of scientists and philosophers Unparalleled in its authority and depth of coverage

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199233151
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
567 gr
Høyde
233 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
358