Unbounded Consciousness : Qualia, Mind and Self [Paperback]

M. Singer (Author), Ming Singer (Author)

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Publication Date: February 2001

The enigma of consciousness fascinates psychologists, philosophers, neuroscientists and physicists. The author of this book is interested in the qualitative aspects of consciousness, known by the philosophical term qualia. In this book she puts forward an original and integrative theory of consciousness that argues for the inseparability of qualitative and non-qualitative aspects and for the restoration of the concept of psyche.

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Ming Singer is Associate Professor at Caterbury University, New Zealand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Free Assn Books (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853435414
• ISBN-13: 978-1853435416
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,827,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Consciousness Unbound: A review, August 29, 2006

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This review is from: Unbounded Consciousness : Qualia, Mind and Self (Paperback)

Though I rate the book highly, this is not to say that I agree with it in all particulars. It includes the best and most concise

survey of philosophical approaches to consciousness I have yet encountered, and was most helpful in clarifying my own thinking

on the subject.

I think that the present edition and most of the sources cited

therein skirt the issue of what consciousness actually is. We

have surveys of conscious-processes and speculative approaches

to them( and certainly I am nowhere near a non-tautological

definition of consciousness),but nothing suggesting what consciousness(qua: raw-awareness) actually is.

Because of the conciseness, I recommend this edition to anyone

who is interested in clarifying the notion of consciousness.