The Unity of Consciousness

by Tim Bayne

Overview

Tim Bayne examines the idea that a human being can have only a single stream of consciousness at any one point in time. He draws on philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to defend the claim that consciousness is unified, and he explores the implications for theories of consciousness and for our understanding of embodiment and the self.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199215386
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/15/2010
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Tim Bayne is a University Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. Catherine's College. His main interests lie in the philosophy of psychology, with a particular focus on consciousness.

Table of Contents

1. The Phenomenal Field
2. Phenomenal unity: Mereology
3. Phenomenal unity: Closure
4. Motivating the Unity Thesis
5. How to Evaluate the Unity Thesis
6. Fragments of consciousness
7. Anosognosia, Schizophrenia, and Multiplicity
8. Hypnosis
9. The Split-brain Syndrome
10. The Quilt of Consciousness
11. The Body
12. The Self

Editorial Reviews

"Tim Bayne's book is a thorough, well documented, and subtle piece of argument in favor of the Unity of Consciousness Thesis." —Metapsychology

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