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Phenomenal Consciousness

A Naturalistic Theory

  • Hardback
  • 368 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm

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For philosophers and psychologists exploring consciousness

Demystifies the nature of consciousness and its origins

You will gain clear insights into your own experience

This insightful book explores the naturalistic theory of phenomenal consciousness.

How can phenomenal consciousness exist as an integral part of a physical universe? How can the technicolour phenomenology of our inner lives be created out of the complex neural activities of our brains? Many have despaired of finding answers to these questions; and many have claimed that human consciousness is inherently mysterious. Peter Carruthers argues, on the contrary, that the subjective feel of our experience is fully explicable in naturalistic (scientifically acceptable) terms. Drawing on a variety of interdisciplinary resources, he develops and defends a novel account in terms of higher-order thought. He shows that this can explain away some of the more extravagant claims made about phenomenal consciousness, while substantively explaining the key subjectivity of our experience. Written with characteristic clarity and directness, and surveying a wide range of extant theories, this book is essential reading for all those within philosophy and psychology interested in the problem of consciousness.
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  • Title

    Phenomenal Consciousness

  • Author

    Peter Carruthers (university Of Sheffield)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    September 2000

  • Weight

    709g

  • Page Count

    368

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521781732

  • ISBN-10

    0521781736

  • Eden Code

    4575434

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