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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780599703321

Autore

Levine Joseph <1952->

Titolo

Purple haze [[electronic resource] ] : the puzzle of consciousness / / Joseph Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-19-517308-2

1-281-94352-5

9786611943523

0-19-803038-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Philosophy of mind series

Disciplina

128/.2

Soggetti

Consciousness

Qualia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. “All in My Brain�: Materialism""; ""2. “Lately Things Don't Seem the Same�: The Conceivability Argument""; ""3. “Actin' Funny, but I Don't Know Why�: The Explanatory Gap""; ""4. “Don't Know If I'm Comin' Up or Down�: Reductive Strategies""; ""5. “You've Got Me Blowin', Blowin' My Mind�: Eliminativism""; ""6. “Purple Haze, All Around�: Consciousness and Cognition""; ""Coda: “Is It Tomorrow, or Just the End of Time?�""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""

""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

The principal argument of this book is that the mind-body problem is still a very serious problem. The position of the book is that there is no stable resting place, no clear explanation of consciousness.