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Phenomenology and the physical reality of consciousness

By Arthur , Melnick

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Year
2011
ISBN
9789027284174, 9027284172
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1446003 bytes)
Series
Advances in consciousness research 83.
Pages
262\270
Time added
2015-06-28 17:16:33
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Description

The predominant positive view among philosophers and scientists alike is that consciousness is something realized in brain activity. This view, however, largely fails to capture what consciousness is like according to how it shows itself to conscious beings. What this work proposes instead is that consciousness is a phenomenon that exists in and throughout the body. Apart from whether or not it involves intentionality and apart from whether or not it involves awareness of the self, consciousness is self-intimating, self-revealing, self-disclosing. Self-disclosure is the definitive phenomenolog.  Read more...

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