The conscious mind : in search of a fundamental theory / David J. Chalmers.
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the subjective life of a conscious mind? These questions are among the most hotly debated issues in science and philosophy today. Now, in The Conscious Mind, philosopher David J. Chalmers offers a cogent analysis of this deba...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Two Concepts of Mind
- 2. Supervenience and Explanation
- 3. Can Consciousness Be Reductively Explained?
- 4. Naturalistic Dualism
- 5. The Paradox of Phenomenal Judgment
- 6. The Coherence Between Consciousness and Cognition
- 7. Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia
- 8. Consciousness and Information: Some Speculation
- 9. Strong Artificial Intelligence
- 10. The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
- Introduction: Taking Consciousness Seriously
- 1. Two Concepts of Mind
- 2. Supervenience and Explanation
- 3. Can Consciousness Be Reductively Explained?
- 4. Naturalistic Dualism
- 5. The Paradox of Phenomenal Judgment
- 6. The Coherence Between Consciousness and Cognition
- 7. Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia
- 8. Consciousness and Information: Some Speculation
- 9. Strong Artificial Intelligence
- 10. The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.