Overview
CONSCIOUSNESS Consciousness is a thought-provoking collection of classic and contemporary philosophical literature on consciousness, bringing together influential scholarship by seminal thinkers and the work of emerging voices who reflect the diversity of the field. Editors Josh Weisberg and David Rosenthal have selected discussions that animate modern debates and connect consciousness to broader philosophical topics. Providing an expansive view of the philosophical landscape of consciousness studies, this carefully calibrated reader features classic work from the past four decades by seminal thinkers such as Thomas Nagel, David Lewis, Ned Block, Gilbert Harman, and Daniel Dennett, as well as important recent work from David Chalmers, Fiona Macperson, Joseph Levine, Kathleen Akins, and other contemporary philosophers. Divided into five parts, Consciousness explores the nature of consciousness, consciousness and knowledge, qualitative consciousness, and theories of consciousness. A final section on agency and physicalism includes work by Galen Strawson and a previously unpublished article by Myrto Mylopoulos. Philosophically challenging yet accessible to students, Consciousness is an ideal reader for many undergraduate and graduate courses on consciousness or philosophy of mind, as well as a useful supplementary text for general classes in philosophy and a valuable reference text for philosophers of mind, cognitive scientists, and psychologists.
Full Product Details
Author: Josh Weisberg (University of Houston) ,
David Rosenthal (City University) ,
Steven M. Cahn (CUNY Graduate Centre)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 18.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.658kg
ISBN: 9781119669326
ISBN 10: 1119669324
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 04 August 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A lively and readable tour of the main philosophical approaches to consciousness. For anyone new to the topic, or for those wanting an update on the latest ideas, Weisberg is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. Alex Byrne, MIT Consciousness is a tour de force. It covers all the major theories and important empirical findings about consciousness in an inviting, accessible way, drawing penetrating, often novel, connections among the various positions and controversies. The result is a balanced, revealing map of current work on consciousness that makes significant contributions to current discussion. This is essential reading for anybody interested in consciousness and it will surely become a standard in both undergraduate and graduate courses. David Rosenthal, CUNY
Author Information
Josh Weisberg is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Houston. His work focuses on the philosophy of mind and consciousness studies. He is the author of Consciousness: Key Concepts in Philosophy, an introductory book on the philosophical problem of consciousness, as well as numerous articles on a range of topics in philosophy of mind. David Rosenthal is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Coordinator of the Graduate Center’s Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science. The leading authority on higher-order theories of consciousness, Rosenthal’s work focuses on philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Series Editor: Steven M. Cahn, City University of New York Graduate School
