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Can consciousness be fitted into a naturalistic worldview or is it inherently mysterious? In virtue of what does a physical organism come to have an inner conscious life? This book argues that we are not equipped to understand the workings of conciousness, despite its objective naturalness.

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"These essays provide a vivid introduction to current views in the philosophy of mind and to their immediate precursors ... an up-to-date, sophisticated and enjoyably tendentious account ... if you want to read somebody clever worrying about a problem that's worth somebody clever's worrying about, read The Problem of Consciousness." Jerry Fodor, London Review of Books

Table of Contents
Preface.

1. Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?.

2. Consciousness and Content.

3. Consciousness and the Natural Order.

4. The Hidden Structure of Consciousness.

5. Mental States, Natural Kinds and Psychophysical Laws.

6. Philosophical Materialism.

7. Functionalism and Phenomenalism: A Critical Note.

8. Could a Machine be Conscious?.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/12/1992
      ISBN13: 9780631188032, 978-0631188032
      ISBN10: 0631188037
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Can consciousness be fitted into a naturalistic worldview or is it inherently mysterious? In virtue of what does a physical organism come to have an inner conscious life? This book argues that we are not equipped to understand the workings of conciousness, despite its objective naturalness.

      Trade Review
      "These essays provide a vivid introduction to current views in the philosophy of mind and to their immediate precursors ... an up-to-date, sophisticated and enjoyably tendentious account ... if you want to read somebody clever worrying about a problem that's worth somebody clever's worrying about, read The Problem of Consciousness." Jerry Fodor, London Review of Books

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      1. Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?.

      2. Consciousness and Content.

      3. Consciousness and the Natural Order.

      4. The Hidden Structure of Consciousness.

      5. Mental States, Natural Kinds and Psychophysical Laws.

      6. Philosophical Materialism.

      7. Functionalism and Phenomenalism: A Critical Note.

      8. Could a Machine be Conscious?.

      Index.

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