Vagueness and the Evolution of Consciousness: Through the Looking Glass

by Michael Tye

When Alice stepped through the looking-glass, she encountered a peculiar world where she meets animated chess pieces, characters from nursery rhymes, and talking animals. Everything there is inside out and upside down: so it is with consciousness. Reflecting on the inception of consciousness, it is natural to suppose that there are just two alternatives. Either consciousness appeared in living beings suddenly, like a light switch turning on, or it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198867239
• ISBN13: 9780198867234
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"