Jesse J Prinz

The Conscious Brain

How Attention Engenders Experience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780190218959
• ISBN-10: 0190218959
• Artikelnr.: 47863381

Autorenporträt

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate Center

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. A Theory of Consciousness
Chapter 1. Do We Really Need Another Theory of Consciousness?
Chapter 2. Which States Are Conscious? The Intermediate Level
Chapter 3. When Are We Conscious? Attention and Availability
Part II. The Limits of Consciousness
Chapter 4. Does Consciousness Outstrip Perception? A Restrictive View
Chapter 5. Why Are We Conscious? Action without Enaction
Chapter 6. Whose Conscious States Are These? The Illusory Self
Part III. The Metaphysics of Consciousness
Chapter 7. How Is Consciousness Unified? Attentional Resonance
Chapter 8. What Is Consciousness? Neural Correlates and Nuerofunctionalism
Chapter 9. Could Consciousness Be Physical? The Brain Maintained
Conclusion: AIR Compared