Bridging the Gap: How Conceptual Change Can Remove the Obstacles to a Scientific Explanation of Consciousness - Couverture rigide

Schomacker, Astrid

 
9783757400378: Bridging the Gap: How Conceptual Change Can Remove the Obstacles to a Scientific Explanation of Consciousness
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ISBN 10 : 3757400372 ISBN 13 : 9783757400378
Editeur : Schwabe Verlag Gmbh, 2020

Synopsis

Can consciousness be scientifically explained? While scientific knowledge of the brain is still lacking in many ways, philosophers like Joseph Levine and David Chalmers have already argued that such an explanation is impossible. The book addresses this widely discussed argument from a new angle: It starts from the fact that the arguments for the so called "explanatory gap" rely crucially on our current concept of consciousness. The present work therefore looks at the possibility of conceptual change as a way to remove the obstacles to a scientific explanation of consciousness. It presents a possible development of our concept of consciousness which would allow for an explanation and shows that the arguments for the gap can therefore be refuted.

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À propos de l?auteur

Astrid Schomacker studied philosophy at Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Universidad de Granada and New York University. Her dissertation project was part of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain and funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Currently she is a post-doctoral researcher at University Duisburg-Essen.

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Éditeur
Schwabe Verlag Gmbh
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3757400372
ISBN 13 
9783757400378
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
286
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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