Consciousness and Qualia.
This is a philosophical study of qualitative consciousness, characteristic examples of which are pains, experienced colors, sounds, etc. Consciousness is analyzed as the having of qualia. Phenomenal properties or qualia are problematical because they lack appropriate bearers. The relation of having...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1998.
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Colección: | Advances in consciousness research.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This is a philosophical study of qualitative consciousness, characteristic examples of which are pains, experienced colors, sounds, etc. Consciousness is analyzed as the having of qualia. Phenomenal properties or qualia are problematical because they lack appropriate bearers. The relation of having is problematical because none of the typical candidates for this relation -- introspection, inner monitoring, higher level thoughts -- explains why it is like something to have a quale. The qualia problem is solved by introducing a bundle theory of phenomenal objects. Phenomenal objects are bundles of. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (378 pages) |
ISBN: | 9789027283498 9027283494 1283174405 9781283174404 9786613174406 6613174408 |