{"product_id":"the-nature-of-consciousness-philosophical-debates-paperback","title":"The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNed Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOwen Flanagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGuven Guzeldere\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended for anyone attempting to find their way through the large and confusingly interwoven philosophical literature on consciousness, this reader brings together most of the principal texts in philosophy (and a small set of related key works in neuropsychology) on consciousness through 1997, and includes some forthcoming articles. Its extensive coverage strikes a balance between seminal works of the past few decades and the leading edge of philosophical research on consciousness.As no other anthology currently does, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e provides a substantial introduction to the field, and imposes structure on a vast and complicated literature, with sections covering stream of consciousness, theoretical issues, consciousness and representation, the function of consciousness, subjectivity and the explanatory gap, the knowledge argument, qualia, and monitoring conceptions of consciousness. Of the 49 contributions, 18 are either new or have been adapted from a previous publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended for anyone attempting to find their way through the large and confusingly interwoven literature on consciousness, this reader brings together most of the principal theoretical works in philosophy and neuropsychology on consciousness. Its extensive coverage strikes a careful balance between seminal works of the past few decades and the leading edge of philosophical research on consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNed Block is Silver Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at New York University and was Chair of the Philosophy Program at MIT from 1990 to 1995. He is a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 1997). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOwen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Consciousness Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press, and other books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eG?ven G?zeldere is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Duke University. He is coeditor (with Ned Block and Owen Flanagan) of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical and Scientific Debates\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 1998) and a founding associate editor of \u003ci\u003ePsyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 885\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.68 x 8.99 x 6.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44271201550438,"sku":"9780262522106","price":128.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Ym-8TYx5gf9780262522106.webp?v=1766266799","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-nature-of-consciousness-philosophical-debates-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}