Consciousness and the Self : New Essays
JeeLoo. Liu
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (272 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SELF; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS; CHAPTER 1 Awareness and identification of self; I. SELF-AWARENESS AND THE SELF; II. ESSENTIALLY INDEXICAL SELF-AWARENESS; III. SELF-AWARENESS AND IMMUNITY TO ERROR; IV. SELF-IDENTIFICATION AND SELF-AWARENESS; CHAPTER 2 Self-representationalism and the explanatory gap; INTRODUCTION; 1. SELF-REPRESENTATIONALISM; 2. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE EXPLANATORY GAP; 3. EXPLANATORY GAPS AND EXPLANATORY SEQUENCES; 4. LEVINE'S "JUST MORE REPRESENTATION" OBJECTION. - 1. FORENSIC, NARRATIVE PERSONS AND REAL EVERYDAY PERSONS2. THE EXPERIENCE PRINCIPLE; 3. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE IDENTITY(IES); 4. PERSONJAMES: STREAMS, HALOES, PENUMBRAS, PSYCHIC OVERTONES, FRINGES, AND THE FREE WATER OF CONSCIOUSNESS; 5. THREE THESES OF PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL NATURALISM; 6. THREE CONSEQUENCES OF PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL NATURALISM; 7. SUBJECTIVE REALISM, ROBINSON CRUSOE, AND THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE; 8. DIACHRONIC AND EPISODIC SELF-REPRESENTATION; References; Index. - 5. SELF-REPRESENTATIONALISM AND EPISTEMIC OPACITYCONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3 Thinking about the self; INTRODUCTION; THE CAUSAL ROLE AND CONTENT OF BELIEFS; INFORMATION GAMES; NOTIONS AND IDEAS; SELF-BELIEF; ROLE-LINKING AND IMMUNITY; SELF-REFERENCE; CHAPTER 4 Ordinary self-consciousness; I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Ordinary self-consciousness; 2. Some examples; 3. Why consider ordinary self-consciousness?; II. THE CHARACTER OF ORDINARY SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; III. HOW SHOULD WE CLASSIFY OSC?; IV. THE STRUCTURE OF OSC; V. RELATION BETWEEN OSC AND THE OTHER SELF-CONSCIOUS EMOTIONS; VI. PROBLEMS. - CHAPTER 5 Waiting for the self1. HUME'S THESIS; 2. NON-REDUCTIVE THEORIES OF THE PHENOMENAL SELF; 2.1 The Cartesian I; 2.2 Self, lost and found; 3. REDUCTIVE THEORIES OF THE PHENOMENAL SELF; 3.1 Feelings; 3.2 Ownership; 3.3 Authorship; 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS: IS EXPERIENCE SELFLESS?; CHAPTER 6 I think I think, therefore I am - I think: skeptical doubts about self-knowledge; 1. REASONS FOR THINKING YOU THINK; 2. SELF-VERIFYING THOUGHTS; 3. PRIVILEGED ACCESS; 4. THINKING WITHOUT KNOWING YOU THINK; 5. AWARENESS OF PROPOSITIONS; 6. PROPOSITIONS AS REASONS?; 7. SAYING AND THINKING; 8. CONCLUSION. - CHAPTER 7 Knowing what I want1. A "TWOFOLD PRIVILEGED ACCESS"; 1.1 Privileged access; 1.2 Peculiar access; 1.3 The independence of privileged and peculiar access; 2. BELIEF AND BEL; 3. ECONOMY AND UNIFICATION; 4. DESIRE11; 4.1 Desirable and Desired; 4.2 Des and Defeasibility; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 8 Self-ignorance; I. A BRIEF HISTORICAL POLEMIC; II. OF CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE; III. OF ATTITUDES; IV. OF CERTAIN OTHER FEATURES OF MENTALITY; V. A DEPRESSING CONCLUSION?; CHAPTER 9 Personhood and consciousness; CHAPTER 10 My non-narrative, non-forensic Dasein: the first and second self. - New essays connecting recent scientific studies with traditional issues about the self explored by Descartes, Locke and Hume.
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| ISBN | 9781107000759. - 9781107414716
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