Jeffrey E. Foss

Science and the Riddle of Consciousness

A Solution

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Produktbeschreibung

Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest, and dozens of books have been written in recent years to explain it, yet it still remains a mystery. Science and the Riddle of Consciousness explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved.
The questions examined in the book speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4419-4994-3
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 210mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781441949943
• ISBN-10: 1441949941
• Artikelnr.: 32109734

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Place of Consciousness in Science.- 2 The Scientific Model and the Genesis of the Riddle.- 3 The Manifest Model and the Pythagorean Intuition.- 4 Explaining Qualia.- 5 Methodological Foundations of the Science of Consciousness.- 6 The Primacy of Method.- 7 Solving the Riddle of Intentionality.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

`[...] Foss has produced an excellent book from which consciousness researchers can profit.'

Philosophia, 31:1-2 (October 2003)

"Professor Foss has written not just one book but sketched two in outline. Ostensively his task is to show how one might study matters of consciousness in a scientifically responsible manner. ... Foss has written a most exciting work. It is both rigorously argued and fun to read. Foss's book should earn him a place with the likes of Daniel Dennett and Owen Flanagan - high praise indeed."

(Paul A. Wagner, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. LVI (223), 2003)