Consciousness and cognition
Michael Thau.
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford ; New York : : Oxford University Press, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (295 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Introduction; 1 SPECTRUM INVERSION; 2 THE STRUCTURE OF BELIEF AND PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION; 3 FREGE'S PUZZLE; 4 THE STRUCTURE OF LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION; 5 BLACK-AND-WHITE MARY; Notes; Works Cited; Index. - Our thinking about consciousness and cognition is dominated by a certain very natural conception. This conception dictates what we take the fundamental questions about consciousness and cognition to be as well as the form that their answers must take. In this book, Michael Thau shows that, despite its naturalness, this conception begins with and depends upon a few fundamental errors. Exorcising these errors requires that we completely reconceive the nature of both consciousness and cognition as well as the fundamental problems each poses. Thau proceeds by discussing three famous and important
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| ISBN | 0-19-534965-2. - 1-280-83507-9
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