In this book David Chalmers follows up and extends his thoughts and argumentson the nature of consciousness that he first set forth in his groundbreaking 1996 book, The Conscious Mind. INDICE: Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1.: The Problems of Consciousness; 2.: Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness; Afterword: From 'Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness'; II. The Science of Consciousness; 3.: How Can We Construct a Science of Consciousness?; Afterword: First-Person Data and First-Person Science; 4.: What is a Neural Correlate of Consciousness?; 5.:On the Search for the Neural Correlate of Consciousness; III. The Metaphysicsof Consciousness; 6.: Consciousness and its Place in Nature; 7.: The Two-Dimensional Argument Against Materialism; Afterword: Other Anti-Materialist Arguments; 8.: Conceptual Analysis and Reductive Explanation (with Frank Jackson); IV. Concepts of Consciousness; 9.: The Content of Phenomenal Concepts; 10.: TheEpistemology of Phenomenal Belief; 11.: Phenomenal Concepts and the Explanatory Gap; V. The Contents of Consciousness; 12.: The Representational Character of Experience; Afterword: The Two-Dimensional Contents of Perception; 13.: Perception and the Fall From Eden; 14.: The Matrix as Metaphysics; Afterword: Philosophical Notes; VI. The Unity of Consciousness; 15.: What is the Unity of Consciousness (with Tim Bayne); Appendix: Two-Dimensional Semantics
- ISBN: 978-0-19-531110-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés