Consciousness and Mind

by David Rosenthal

Overview

David Rosenthal is one of the leading contributors to the philosophical study of consciousness. This volume gathers together his work on the subject from the past two decades, and represents the definitive presentation of his influential theory of consciousness as higher-order thought. Two of the essays appear here for the first time; there is also a substantial new introduction, drawing out the connections between the essays and highlighting their implications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198236979
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/19/2006
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	9.48(w) x 6.44(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Graduate Center, City University of New York

Table of Contents

IntroductionI. Explaining Consciousness1. Two Concepts of Consciousness2. Thinking that One Thinks3. Intentionality4. Introspection and Self-InterpretationII. Qualitative Consciousness and Homomorphism Theory5. The Independence of Consciousness and Sensory Quality6. Sensory Quality and the Relocation Story7. Sensory Qualities, Consciousness, and PerceptionIII. Consciousness, Expression, and Interpretation8. First-Person Operationalism and Mental Taxonomy9. Moore's Paradox and Consciousness10. Why Are Verbally Expressed Thoughts Conscious? 11. Consciousness and its Expression12. Content, Intepretation, and ConsciousnessIV. Self-Consciousness13. Unity of Consciousness and the SelfSelect BilbiographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"David Rosenthal's Consciousness and Mind presents us with the most plausible high-order representationalist account in the market. The book is engaging and very clearly written." - Metapsychology Online Reviews

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