Description: Explaining Consciousness by Jonathan Shear Why doesnt all this cognitive processing go on "in the dark," without any consciousness at all? In this book philosophers, physicists, psychologists, neurophysiologists, computer scientists, and others address this central topic in the growing discipline of consciousness studies. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Why doesnt all this cognitive processing go on "in the dark," without any consciousness at all? In this book philosophers, physicists, psychologists, neurophysiologists, computer scientists, and others address this central topic in the growing discipline of consciousness studies.At the 1994 landmark conference "Toward a Scientific Basis for Consciousness", philosopher David Chalmers distinguished between the "easy" problems and the "hard" problem of consciousness research. According to Chalmers, the easy problems are to explain cognitive functions such as discrimination, integration, and the control of behavior; the hard problem is to explain why these functions should be associated with phenomenal experience. Why doesnt all this cognitive processing go on "in the dark", without any consciousness at all? In this book, philosophers, physicists, psychologists, neurophysiologists, computer scientists, and others address this central topic in the growing discipline of consciousness studies. Some take issue with Chalmers distinction, arguing that the hard problem is a non-problem, or that the explanatory gap is too wide to be bridged. Others offer alternative suggestions as to how the problem might be solved, whether through cognitive science, fundamental physics, empirical phenomenology, or with theories that take consciousness as irreducible.ContributorsBernard J. Baars, Douglas J. Bilodeau, David Chalmers, Patricia S. Churchland, Thomas Clark, C. J. S. Clarke, Francis Crick, Daniel C. Dennett, Stuart Hameroff, Valerie Hardcastle, David Hodgson, Piet Hut, Christof Koch, Benjamin Libet, E. J. Lowe, Bruce MacLennan, Colin McGinn, Eugene Mills, Kieron OHara, Roger Penrose, Mark C. Price, William S. Robinson, Gregg Rosenberg, Tom Scott, William Seager, Jonathan Shear, Roger N. Shepard, Henry Stapp, Francisco J. Varela, Max Velmans, Richard Warner Author Biography Robert S. Chirinko is Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Table of Contents Part 1 The hard problem: facing up to the problem of consciousness, David J. Chalmers. Part 2 Deflationary perspectives: facing backwards on the problem of consciousness, Daniel C. Dennett; the Hornswoggle problem, Patricia Smith Churchland; function and phenomenology - closing the explanatory gap, Thomas W. Clark; the why of consciousness - a non-issue for materialists, Valerie Gray Hardcastle; there is no hard problem of consciousness, Kieron OHara and Tom Scutt; should we expect to feel as if we understand consciousness?, Mark C. Price. Part 3 The explanatory gap: consciousness and space, Colin McGinn; giving up on the hard problem of consciousness, Eugene O. Mills; there are no easy problems of consciousness, E.J. Lowe; the easy problems aint so easy, David Hodgson; facing ourselves - incorrigibility and the mind-body problem, Richard Warner; the hardness of the hard problem, William S. Robinson. Part 4 Physics: the nonlocality of mind, C.J.S. Clarke; conscious events as orchestrated space-time selections, Stuart R. Hameroff and Roger Penrose; the hard problem - a quantum approach, Henry P. Stapp; physics, machines and the hard problem, Douglas J. Bilodeau. Part 5 Neuroscience and cognitive science: why neuroscience may be able to explain consciousness, Francis Crick and Christof Koch; understanding subjectivity - global workspace theory and the resurrection of the observing self, Bernard J. Baars; the elements of consciousness and their neurodynamical correlates, Bruce MacLennan. Part 6 Rethinking nature: consciousness, information and panpsychism, William Seager; rethinking nature - a hard problem within the hard problem, Gregg H. Rosenberg; solutions to the hard problem of consciousness, Benjamin Libet; turning "the hard problem" upside down and sideways, Piet Hut and Roger N. Shepard. Part 7 First-person perspectives: the relation of consciousness to the material world, Max Velmand; neurophenomenology - a methodological remedy for the hard problem, Francisco J. Varela; the hard problem - closing the empirical gap, Jonathan Shear. Part 8 Response: moving forward on the problem of consciousness, David J. Chalmers. Details ISBN026269221X Pages 430 Language English ISBN-10 026269221X ISBN-13 9780262692212 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Subtitle The Hard Problem Country of Publication United States Edited by Jonathan Shear Illustrations illustrations Author Jonathan Shear Edition New edition Short Title EXPLAINING CONSCIOUSNESS REV/E Edition Description Revised Audience Age 18 Series A Bradford Book DOI 10.1604/9780262692212 UK Release Date 1999-01-22 AU Release Date 1999-01-22 NZ Release Date 1999-01-22 US Release Date 1999-01-22 Imprint MIT Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Publisher MIT Press Ltd Publication Date 1999-01-22 Alternative 9780262193887 DEWEY 153 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159359542;
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