Philosophy, Neuroscience and Consciousness

ISBN-13: 9781844651580 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

Rex Welshon

Opis

Rex Welshon presents an account of the properties of consciousness that are thought to be the most paradigmatic and problematic before examining recent scientific work - from neurophysiological studies of the brain to computational theories of the mind - and the philosophical problems that these accounts raise.

Spis treści

Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: problems of consciousness 1. Refection on consciousness before the mid-twentieth century 2. Functional neuroanatomy 3. Primate neuropsychology 4. Human evolution 5. Contemporary neuropsychology 6. Neuropsychology of consciousness 7. Philosophy of mind and consciousness 8. Reduction and non-reduction 9. Emergence 10. Prospects for neural theories of consciousness Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Rex Welshon