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Consciousness

By Christopher S. Hill

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0521125219, 9780521125215
LCC
BF311 .H46917 2009
Open Library ID
OL24115738M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (4849463 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
274\272
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

This book presents a novel and comprehensive theory of consciousness. The initial chapter distinguishes six main forms of consciousness and sketches an account of each one. Later chapters focus on phenomenal consciousness, consciousness of, and introspective consciousness. In discussing phenomenal consciousness, Hill develops the representational theory of mind in new directions, arguing that all awareness involves representations, even awareness of qualitative states like pain. He then uses this view to undercut dualistic accounts of qualitative states. Other topics include visual awareness, visual appearances, emotional qualia, and meta-cognitive processing. This important work will interest a wide readership of students and scholars in philosophy of mind and cognitive science.

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