Journal of Consciousness Studies (Controversies in Science & the Humanities, Volume 13, No. 3 (2006))

Politics & Social Sciences

Valerie Gray Hardcastle

Philosophy

Imprint Academic

Essays dedicated to Herbert Dean from Peter Pouncy, George Klosko, Morimichi Watanabe, Ross Rudolph, Cheryl Welch, Thomas A. Horne, and others.

Politics of Fallen Man,

Goldsmith, M.M.

Politics & Government

Conscious Experience

The contributions to this book are original articles, representing a cross-section of current philosophical work on consciousness and thereby allowing students and readers from other disciplines to acquaint themselves with the very latest debate, so that they can then pursue their own research interests more effectively. The volume includes a bibliography on consciousness in philosophy, cognitive science and brain research, covering the last 25 years and consisting of over 1000 entries in 18 thematic sections, compiled by David Chalmers and Thomas Metzinger.

Traditional cognitive science is Cartesian in the sense that it takes as fundamental the distinction between the mental and the physical, the mind and the world. This leads to the claim that cognition is representational and best explained using models derived from AI and computational theory. The authors depart radically from this model.

Reclaiming Cognition: The Primacy of Action, Intention and Emotion (Journal of Consciousness Studies)

Reference

This volume includes four principal papers and a total of 43 peer commentaries on the evolutionary origins of morality.

Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives

The mind is the brain. Each mental state -- each hope, fear, thought -- can be identified with a particular physical state of the brain, without remainder. So argues Nicholas Humphrey in this highly readable yet scholarly essay. He offers strong support for his "identity theory" from evolution. His controversial claim is discussed and challenged in commentaries by authors such as Andy Clark (Being There, 1997), Daniel Dennett (Consciousness Explained, 1991; Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995) and Ralph Ellis (Questioning Consciousness, 1995). Humphrey rounds off the book with a response to his critics. An excellent short introduction to the mind-body problem and the study of consciousness.

How to Solve the Mind-body Problem (Journal of Consciousness Studies)

Humphrey, Nicholas

A comprehensive reader on the problem of the self as seen from the perspectives of philosophy, development psychology, robotics, cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, semiotics, phenomenology and contemplative studies, all focused on a keynote paper.

Models of the Self

The contributions to this book are original articles, representing a cross-section of current philosophical work on consciousness and thereby allowing students and readers from other disciplines to acquaint themselves with the very latest debate, so that they can then pursue their own research interests more effectively. The volume includes a bibliography on consciousness in philosophy, cognitive science and brain research, covering the last 25 years and consisting of over 1000 entries in 18 thematic sections, compiled by David Chalmers and Thomas Metzinger.

It is widely accepted in science that the universe is a closed deterministic system in which everything can, ultimately, be explained by purely physical causation. And yet we all experience ourselves as having the freedom to choose between alternatives presented to us ― 'we' are in the driving seat. The puzzling status of volition is explored in this issue by a distinguished body of scientists and philosophers.

Volitional Brain: Towards a Neuroscience of Freewill

Second of a three-volume series of the "Journal of Consciousness Studies", which asks if it is possible to take a natural science approach to art and uncover general laws of aesthetic experience, or is that taking reductionism too far?
What is art? What is beauty? How do they relate? Where does consciousness come in? What about truth? And can science help us with issues of this kind? Because such questions go to the very heart of current conflicts about Western value systems, they are unlikely to receive definitive answers. But they are still very much worth exploring - which is precisely the purpose of this collection of papers (Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7, No.8/9), with particular attention to the relationships between art and science.

Art and the Brain, II: Investigations into the Science of Art (Journal of Consciousness Studies)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

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Journal of Consciousness Studies (Controversies in Science & the Humanities, Volume 13, No. 3 (2006))

Politics of Fallen Man,

Conscious Experience

Reclaiming Cognition: The Primacy of Action, Intention and Emotion (Journal of Consciousness Studies)

Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives

How to Solve the Mind-body Problem (Journal of Consciousness Studies)

Models of the Self

Conscious Experience

Volitional Brain: Towards a Neuroscience of Freewill

Art and the Brain, II: Investigations into the Science of Art (Journal of Consciousness Studies)