What is consciousness and why is it so philosophically and scientifically puzzling? For many years philosophers approached this question assuming a standard physicalist framework on which consciousness can be explained by contemporary physics, biology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. This book is a debate between two philosophers who are united in their rejection of this kind of "standard" physicalism - but who differ sharply in what lesson to draw from this. Amy Kind defends dualism 2.0, a thoroughly modern version of dualism (the theory that there are two fundamentally different kinds of things in the world: those that are physical and those that are mental) decoupled from any religious or non-scientific connotations. Daniel Stoljar defends non-standard physicalism, a kind of physicalism different from both the standard version and dualism 2.0. The book presents a cutting-edge assessment of the philosophy of consciousness and provides a glimpse at what the future study of this area might bring.
Key Features
- Outlines the different things people mean by "consciousness" and provides an account of what consciousness is
- Reviews the key arguments for thinking that consciousness is incompatible with physicalism
- Explores and provides a defense of contrasting responses to those arguments, with a special focus on responses that reject the standard physicalist framework
- Provides an account of the basic aims of the science of consciousness
- Written in a lively and accessibly style
- Includes a comprehensive glossary
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- Authors:
- Kind, Amy (Claremont McKenna College, USA)|Stoljar, Daniel
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780367332426
- Number of Pages:
- 224
- Publication Date:
- 30/06/2023
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Series:
- Little Debates about Big Questions
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780367332426