The conscious brain : how attention engenders experience
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書誌事項
The conscious brain : how attention engenders experience
（Philosophy of mind series）
Oxford University Press, c2012
- : hardcover
大学図書館所蔵 全7件
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-383) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. In the first part of the book, Prinz argues that consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the intermediate level, and that consciousness depends on attention. Attention changes the flow of information and that gives rise to experience. The resulting account is called the AIR
Theory, for attended intermediate-level representations. Objections to the theory are addressed. In the second part of the book, Prinz argues that all consciousness is perceptual: there is no cognitive phenomenology, no experience of motor commands, and no experience of a conscious self. This conclusions
challenge popular theories in consciousness studies: the view that we can directly experience our thoughts, the view that consciousness essentially involves action, and the view that every experience includes awareness of the subject having that experience. In the third part of the book, Prinz explores the neural correlates of consciousness. He argues attention-hence consciousness-arises when populations of neurons fire in synchrony, and he responds to those who deny that consciousness could be
a process in the brain. Along the way, Prinz also advances novel theories of qualia, the function of consciousness, the unity of consciousness, and the mind-body relation, defending a view called neurofunctionism. Each chapter in The Conscious Brain brings neuroscientific evidence to bear on
enduring philosophical questions. Major philosophical and scientific theories of consciousness are surveyed, challenged, and extended.
目次
- PREFACE
- PART I. A THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- PART II. THE LIMITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- PART III. THE METAPHYSICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- CONCLUSION: AIR COMPARED
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