Consciousness Inside and Out: Phenomenology, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Experience

by Richard Brown (Editor)

Overview

This volume is product of the third online consciousness conference, held at http://consciousnessonline.com in February and March 2011. Chapters range over epistemological issues in the science and philosophy of perception, what neuroscience can do to help us solve philosophical issues in the philosophy of mind, what the true nature of black and white vision, pain, auditory, olfactory, or multi-modal experiences are, to higher-order theories of consciousness, synesthesia, among others. Each chapter includes a target article, commentaries, and in most cases, a final response from the author. Though wide-ranging all of the papers aim to understand consciousness both from the inside, as we experience it, and from the outside as we encounter it in our science.

The Online Consciousness Conference, founded and organized by Richard Brown, is dedicated to the rigorous study of consciousness and mind. The goal is to bring philosophers, scientists, and interested lay persons together in an online venue to promote high-level discussion and exchanging of views, ideas and data related to the scientific and philosophical study of consciousness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401784542
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/14/2013
Series:	Studies in Brain and Mind , #6
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Pages:	457
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor Brown is a philosopher at the City University of New York at the LaGuardia Community College. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the foundations of cognitive science. For more information, please visit the homepage of professor Brown: www.onemorebrown.com.

Table of Contents

Chp. 1 Richard Brown “Introduction”.- I. First-Person Data and the Science of Consciousness.- Chp. 2. Ruth Millikan “An Epistemology for Phenomenology?”.- Chp. 3. Gualtiero Piccinini & Corey J. Maley “From Phenomenology to the Self-Measurement Methodology of First-Person Data”.- II. Phenomenal Properties and Dualism.- Chp. 4. Paul Churchland “Consciousness and the Introspection of Apparent Qualitative Simples”.- Chp. 5. Torin Alter “Churchland on arguments against physicalism”.- Chp. 6. Paul Churchland “Response to Torin Alter”.- III. Property Dualism and Panpsychism.- Chp. 7. Philip Goff “Orthodox Property Dualism + the Linguistic Theory of Vagueness = Panpsychism”.- Chp. 8. Bill Robinson “A Wake Up Call”.- Chp. 9. Jon Simon “What is Acquaintance with Consciousness?”.- Chp. 10. Philip Goff “Reply to Simon and Robinson”.- IV. Naïve Realism, Hallucinations, and Perceptual Justification.- Chp. 11. Benj Hellie “It’s Still There!”.- Chp. 12. Jacob Berger “Perceptual Justification Outside of Consciousness”.- Chp. 13. Jeff Speaks “Some Thoughts about Hallucination, Self-Representation, and “It’s Still There!””.- Chp. 14. Heather Logue “But Where is a Hallucinator’s Perceptual Justification?”.- Chp. 15. Benj Hellie “Yep –Still There”.- V. Beyond Color-Consciousness.- Chp. 16. Kathleen Akins “Black and White and Color”.- Chp. 17. Pete Mandik “What is Visual and Phenomenal but Concerns Neither Hue nor Shade?”.- VI. Phenomenal Externalism and the Science of Perception.- Chp. 18. Adam Pautz “The Real Trouble for Phenomenal Externalists: New Evidence for a Brain-Based Theory of Consciousness”.- Chp. 19. David Hilbert & Colin Klein “No Problem”.- Chp. 20. Adam Pautz “Ignoring the Real Problems for Phenomenal Externalism: A Reply to Hilbert and Klein”.- VII. The Ontology of Audition.- Chp. 21. Jason Leddington “What We Hear”.- Chp. 22. Casey O'Calleghan “Audible Independence and Binding”.- Chp. 23. Matt Nudds “Commentary on Leddington”.- VIII. Multi-Modal Experience.- Chp. 24. Kevin Connolly “Making Sense of Multiple Senses”.- Chp. 25. Matt Fulkerson “Explaining Multisensory Experience”.- IX. Synesthesia.- Chp. 26. Berit Brogaard “Seeing as a Non-Experiential Mental State: The Case from Synesthesia and Mental Imagery”.- Chp. 27. Ophelia Deroy “Synesthesia: An Experience of the Third Kind?”.- Chp. 28. Berit Brogaard “Varieties of Synesthetic Experience”.- X. Higher-Order Thought Theories of Consciousness and the Prefrontal Cortex.- Chp. 29. Miguel Angel Sebastián “Not a Hot Dream”.- Chp. 30. Josh Weisberg “Sweet Dreams are Made of This? A HOT Response to Sebastián”.- Chp. 31. Matt Ivonowich “The dlPFC isn’t a NCHOT: A Commentary on Sebastián’s “Not a HOT Dream”.- Chp. 32. Miguel Angel Sebastián “I Cannot Tell You (Everything) About My Dreams: Reply to Ivanowich and Weisberg”.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book, edited by Richard Brown, is an attempt to cover the interface area of philosophy and neuroscience with respect to questions regarding consciousness. … this book represents the current state of philosophical thoughts on consciousness, with a view toward neuroscientific research in a unique and interactive manner. … I highly recommend the book. Not only philosophers but also psychologists and neuroscientists will enjoy its contents and benefit from the presented ideas and discussions.” (Hamid R. Noori, Computing Reviews, April, 2014)

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