What is Consciousness?: A Debate

by Amy Kind and Daniel Stoljar

Book Overview

What is consciousness and why is it so philosophically and scientifically puzzling? For many years philosophers approached this question assuming a standard physicalist framework on which consciousness can be explained by contemporary physics, biology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. This book is a debate between two philosophers who are united in their rejection of this kind of "standard" physicalism - but who differ sharply in what lesson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367332426
• ISBN13: 9780367332426
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"