{"product_id":"consciousness-isbn-9781119669326","title":"Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eCONSCIOUSNESS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsciousness\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into five parts, \u003ci\u003eConsciousness\u003c\/i\u003e 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 A final section on agency and physicalism includes work by Galen Strawson and a previously unpublished article by Myrto Mylopoulos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophically challenging yet accessible to students, \u003ci\u003eConsciousness\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOSH WEISBERG AND DAVID ROSENTHAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Problems of Consciousness 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What Is It Like to Be a Bat? 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHOMAS NAGEL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Is It Like to Be Boring and Myopic? 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKATHLEEN AKINS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Consciousness and Its Place in Nature 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAVID J. CHALMERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Explanatory Gap 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOSEPH LEVINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Third-Person Approach to Consciousness 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDANIEL C. DENNETT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Consciousness and Knowledge 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 What Mary Didn’t Know 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFRANK JACKSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKATALIN BALOG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 What Experience Teaches 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAVID LEWIS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Qualitative Consciousness 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 On a Confusion about a Function of Consciousness 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNED BLOCK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Intrinsic Quality of Experience 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGILBERT HARMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 How to Think about Mental Qualities 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAVID ROSENTHAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Theories of Consciousness 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Conscious Experience 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFRED DRETSKE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Same-Order Monitoring Theory of Consciousness 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eURIAH KRIEGEL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 What Kind of Awareness is Awareness of Awareness? 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMICHELLE MONTAGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOSH WEISBERG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Agency and Physicalism 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Perceptual Consciousness as a Mental Activity 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUSANNA SCHELLENBERG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Proprietary Nature of Agentive Experience 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMYRTO MYLOPOULOS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Realistic Monism: Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGALEN STRAWSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Property Dualism and the Merits of Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem: A Reply to Strawson 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFIONA MACPHERSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh Weisberg\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eConsciousness: Key Concepts in Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, an introductory book on the philosophical problem of consciousness, as well as numerous articles on a range of topics in philosophy of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e 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  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsciousness\u003c\/i\u003e 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. 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