{"product_id":"the-problem-of-consciousness-essays-towards-a-resolution-paperback-softback-9780631188032","title":"The Problem of Consciousness; Essays Towards a Resolution (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631188032","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Problem of Consciousness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays Towards a Resolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin McGinn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631188032, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 December 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"These essays provide a vivid introduction to current views in the philosophy of mind and to their immediate precursors ... an up-to-date, sophisticated and enjoyably tendentious account ... if you want to read somebody clever worrying about a problem that's worth somebody clever's worrying about, read \u003ci\u003eThe Problem of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003ci\u003eJerry Fodor, London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan consciousness be fitted into a naturalistic worldview or is it inherently mysterious? In virtue of \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e what \u003cd\u003e\u003c\/d\u003e does a physical organism come to have an inner conscious life? This book argues that we are not equipped to understand the workings of conciousness, despite its objective naturalness. Introspection does not reveal the hiddent structure of consciousness and it is this that joins experience to the material world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Consciousness and Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Consciousness and the Natural Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Hidden Structure of Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Mental States, Natural Kinds and Psychophysical Laws.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Philosophical Materialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Functionalism and Phenomenalism: A Critical Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Could a Machine be Conscious?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470038757656,"sku":"9780631188032","price":31.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631188032.jpg?v=1785629325","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-problem-of-consciousness-essays-towards-a-resolution-paperback-softback-9780631188032","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}