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Shades of Experience: Consciousness and the Metaphysics of Mind-Brain Identity - Couverture souple

Dempsey, Liam

 
9783639165364: Shades of Experience: Consciousness and the Metaphysics of Mind-Brain Identity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639165365 ISBN 13 : 9783639165364
Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

The mind-body problem is in fact a cluster of closely related problems. The most vexing problems, it would seem, involve conscious experience. What are ¿qualia,¿ the variegated raw feels of conscious experiences? Do they take part in the causal goings- on of the physical world? Do they make a difference? And if so, can we give a scientifically plausible account of their causal relevance? It is my contention that qualia are neurophysiological properties of the organisms that have them. Not only elegant and parsimonious, such an account provides for a straightforward explanation of the causal efficacy of conscious experiences. If qualia are neurophysiological properties of the central nervous system, their place in the dynamical economy of the living organism¿and thus the natural world¿is apparent and unproblematic. However, the identity thesis faces a number of substantive objections and it is the aim of this book to evaluate its prospects in the face of these challenges.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The mind-body problem is in fact a cluster of closely related problems. The most vexing problems, it would seem, involve conscious experience. What are ¿qualia,¿ the variegated raw feels of conscious experiences? Do they take part in the causal goings- on of the physical world? Do they make a difference? And if so, can we give a scientifically plausible account of their causal relevance? It is my contention that qualia are neurophysiological properties of the organisms that have them. Not only elegant and parsimonious, such an account provides for a straightforward explanation of the causal efficacy of conscious experiences. If qualia are neurophysiological properties of the central nervous system, their place in the dynamical economy of the living organism¿and thus the natural world¿is apparent and unproblematic. However, the identity thesis faces a number of substantive objections and it is the aim of this book to evaluate its prospects in the face of these challenges.

Biographie de l'auteur

Liam P. Dempsey teaches philosophy at Trent University (Peterborough, Canada). His areas of specialization include philosophy of mind and cognitive science, early modern philosophy, and the metaphysics and epistemology of immortality and death.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639165365
ISBN 13 
9783639165364
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
88
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