Introducing Consciousness starts with the problem of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, explains the historical origins of this problem, and traces different scientific attempts to explain consciousness. Along the way, readers will be introduced to zombies and Chinese Rooms, ghosts in machines and Schrodinger's cat.
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Excellent intro...with pictures worth a thousand words!,
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I must admit that I'm a big fan of the "introducing" books but the reason that I decided to review this one was because of its particular quality in laying and out and illustrating the main theories discussed.
In "Introducing Consciousness" Papineau skillfully and chronologically weaves the historical quest for consciousness with relevant discussion of the main theories advanced. In this way, Aristotle and DeCartes and Skinner and Dennett are made to jump off the page with words that are just as descriptive of their views as the accompanying artwork is. Like all generalized introductions, there could be some quibbling on the details like where the mind-brain discussion is alluded to smoke coming from a steam engine (in so describing the phenomenon, the authors inadvertantly tip their hands as materialists) but on the whole this very brief readable 171 page illustrated book is well worth the time.
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Nice introduction but would need better illustrations,
This review is from: Introducing Consciousness (Paperback)
The book is excellent at what it's trying to do : introducing consciousness.
It's a very nice overview of different philosophy and problems relative to the subject, explained in a particularly easy to understand way! In my opinion, the only little bad point would be the cartoons: they take too much space while not explaining much more than the text most of the time. ..and they are quite ugly!
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I have just finished reading "Introducting Artificial Intelligence", "Introducing Mind & Brain", and "Introducing Consciousness" from Icon books. In reading these back to back, it reminded me that are all different views on the same subject. This was a rewarding experience for me. I recommend that you read these books together if you can.
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prior physical causes, causal completeness, yield consciousness, conscious properties, global workspace, executive system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The best way to begin is with examples rather than definitions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prior physical causes, causal completeness, yield consciousness, conscious properties, global workspace, executive system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chinese Room, David Chalmers, Turing Test New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Philosophical Naturalism by David Papineau in Back Matter
- The Problem of Consciousness: Essays Towards a Resolution by Colin McGinn in Back Matter
- Thinking about Consciousness by David Papineau in Back Matter
- The Philosophy of Science (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by David Papineau in Back Matter
- Reality and Representation by David, Editor Papineau in Back Matter
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- How Free Are You?: The Determinism Problem by Ted Honderich in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Child's Mind by John White in Back Matter
- Radical Externalism: Honderich's Theory of Consciousness Discussed by Anthony Freeman on page 13
- The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking by Stephen Law on page 151
- Minds and Persons (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements) by Anthony O'Hear on page 3
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