A Case Study in Explaining Consciousness
Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 266 g
ISBN: 978-3-030-14169-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Carruthers argues that in light of recent methodological discoveries, awareness must be explained in terms of the organization of multiple cognitive processes. The book offers an explanation of anomalous body representations and, from that, poses a more general theory of consciousness. Ultimately this book creates a hybrid account of consciousness that explains phenomenology and awareness using different tools. It will be of great interest to all scholars of psychology and philosophy as well as anyone interested in exploring the intricacies of how we experience our bodies, what we are and how we fit into the world.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: The Real Problem of Consciousness.- Chapter 2: The Feeling of Embodiment: Our Target of Explanation.- Chapter 3: Off-line and On-line body representations.- Chapter 4: Explaining the feeling of embodiment: The feeling of embodiment occurs when an on-line body representation is matched to an off-line prototype.- Chapter 5: And then what happens?.- Chapter 6: Implications of the Real Problem of Consciousness for the sense of Embodiment: We need a hybrid account of consciousness.- Chapter 7: Completing the Hybrid Account: Awareness is a Functionally Emergent Kind.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.