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PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262524627
ISBN-139780262524629
eBay Product ID (ePID)60275354
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Book TitleConsciousness, Function, and Representation, Volume 1 Vol. 1 : Collected Papers
Number of Pages648 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicMind & Body, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy, Psychology
TypeTextbook
AuthorNed Block
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight35.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-046761
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Volume NumberVolume 1
Dewey Decimal128.2
SynopsisThis volume of Ned Block's writings collects his papers on consciousness, functionalism, and representationism. A number of these papers treat the significance of the multiple realizability of mental states for the mind-body problem-a theme that has concerned Block since the 1960s. One paper on this topic considers the upshot for the mind-body problem of the possibility of a robot that is functionally like us but physically different-as is Commander Data of Star Trek's second generation. The papers on consciousness treat such conceptual issues as phenomenal versus access consciousness, Dennett's theory of consciousness, and the function of consciousness, as well as such empirical matters as "How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness," and (in an expanded version of a paper originally in Trends in Cognitive Sciences ) an argument that there are distinct neural correlates for access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness. Turning to the mind-body problem, Block defends physicalism against Max Black's argument concerning phenomenal modes of presentation. The papers on representationism consider "mental paint" as well as the "Inverted Earth" thought experiment-a world in which colors are reversed but there is a compensating reversal in the words that are used to describe them. Consciousness, Function, and Representation , bringing together papers that have appeared primarily in journals and conference proceedings, can be regarded as Block's most complete statement of his positions on consciousness., This volume of Ned Block's writings collects his papers on consciousness, functionalism, and representationism. A number of these papers treat the significance of the multiple realizability of mental states for the mind-body problem--a theme that has concerned Block since the 1960s. One paper on this topic considers the upshot for the mind-body problem of the possibility of a robot that is functionally like us but physically different--as is Commander Data of Star Trek's second generation. The papers on consciousness treat such conceptual issues as phenomenal versus access consciousness, Dennett's theory of consciousness, and the function of consciousness, as well as such empirical matters as "How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness," and (in an expanded version of a paper originally in Trends in Cognitive Sciences ) an argument that there are distinct neural correlates for access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness. Turning to the mind-body problem, Block defends physicalism against Max Black's argument concerning phenomenal modes of presentation. The papers on representationism consider "mental paint" as well as the "Inverted Earth" thought experiment--a world in which colors are reversed but there is a compensating reversal in the words that are used to describe them. Consciousness, Function, and Representation , bringing together papers that have appeared primarily in journals and conference proceedings, can be regarded as Block's most complete statement of his positions on consciousness.
LC Classification NumberBD418.3.B59 2006
