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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780622403321

Titolo

Content, consciousness, and perception [[electronic resource] ] : essays in contemporary philosophy of mind / / edited by Ezio Di Nucci and Conor McHugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006

Newcastle, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-282-03569-X

9786612035692

1-4438-0440-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Di NucciEzio

McHughConor

Disciplina

128.2

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Concepts

Consciousness

Perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"All the essays ... were presented on June 30th and July 1st 2005, in Edinburgh, at the Mind2005 conference"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""EDITORSà‚€? PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""PART I""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""PART II""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""PART III""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""CHAPTER TEN""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

What sort of thing is the mind? And how can such a thing at the same time - belong to the natural world, - represent the world, - give rise to our subjective experience, - and ground human knowledge? Content, Consciousness and Perception is an edited collection, comprising eleven new contributions to the philosophy of mind, written by some of the most promising young philosophers in the UK and Ireland. The book is arranged into three parts. Part I, "Concepts and Mental Content", which begins with an attack by Hans-Johann Glock on the representational theory of mind, addresses the nature of men