Contributes to the connection between phenomenology and cognitive science. Continuing Husserl's science of consciousness, this title shows that consciousness is structured in various sorts of ways and that it is very complicated, with one kind of consciousness being enclosed within other kinds.
The book aims to bring together these three themes - the world, the flesh and the subject - to resolve many of the puzzles that beset contemporary philosophy of mind.
Offers a simple explanation of how the mind evolved. In this title, one of the many interesting facts that emerge is that vision appeared long before there was any brain of significance. Perception therefore had to be direct awareness of forms, patterning, smells, and so on.
This text offers a running criticism of Mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Dennett, Davidson, Fodor, Chalmers and Baars.
The author is concerned with the origin and development of judgment, the relation between inner and outer worlds, the selective and interpretative nature of perception and the role of context or total situation. The book is a reminder of the emotional basis of learning.
Why is it that some brain processes are accompanied by conscious awareness? Dealing with this question, this anthology points out various paths of consciousness research. By presenting non-reductive theories, it attempts to overcome the dichotomy between dualism and monism that keeps plaguing the debate in favour of more differentiated positions.