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Sensing Qualia

Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness


240 pages | 37 halftones | 6 x 9

Cognitive Science: Neuroscience

Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Science

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface

Introduction

Section I: A Brief History of the Mind
1. Dualism
2. Epiphenomenalism
3. Behaviorism
4. Identity Theory
5. Eliminative Materialism
6. Functionalism

Section II: Three Challenges to Materialism
7. Nagel’s What-It-Is-Like Arguments
8. Kripke’s Modal Argument
9. Jackson’s Knowledge Argument

Section III: Two Theories of Qualia
10. Integrated Information Theory
11. Sensory Naturalism

Section IV: Qualia, Detection, and Time
12. Detection and Quantum Mechanics
13. Time, Sensation, and Belief

Section V: Fantastic Beasts
14. Swampman, Detection, and Experience
15. Zombies
16. Androids Then and Now

Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

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