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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781478903321

Autore

Hutto Daniel D

Titolo

Beyond physicalism [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel D. Hutto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000

ISBN

1-283-17434-0

9786613174345

90-272-8343-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Advances in consciousness research, , 1381-589X ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

126

Soggetti

Consciousness

Attention

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. [238]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BEYOND PHYSICALISM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Nonconceptual Experience; CHAPTER TWO. From a Sensational Point of View; CHAPTER THREE. The Failure of Explanatory Physicalism; CHAPTER FOUR. Intelligibility and Conceptual Limits; CHAPTER FIVE. Pluralistic Naturalism and Absolute Idealism; CHAPTER SIX.  Defending Absolute Idealism; CHAPTER SEVEN. Truth and the Whole Truth; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Unlike standard attempts to address the so-called 'hard problem' of consciousness, which assume our understanding of consciousness is unproblematic, this book begins by focusing on phenomenology and is devoted to clarifying the relations between intentionality, propositional content and experience. In particular, it argues that the subjectivity of experience cannot be understood in representationalist terms. This is important, for it is because many philosophers fail to come to terms with subjectivity that they are at a loss to provide a convincing solution to the mind-body problem. In this li