{"product_id":"what-is-consciousness-a-debate-paperback","title":"What Is Consciousness?: A Debate - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Kind\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Stoljar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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 to draw from this. Amy Kind defends dualism 2.0, a thoroughly modern version of dualism (the theory that there are two fundamentally different kinds of things in the world: those that are physical and those that are mental) decoupled from any religious or non-scientific connotations. Daniel Stoljar defends non-standard physicalism, a kind of physicalism different from both the standard version and dualism 2.0. The book presents a cutting-edge assessment of the philosophy of consciousness and provides a glimpse at what the future study of this area might bring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines the different things people mean by \"consciousness\" and provides an account of what consciousness is\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews the key arguments for thinking that consciousness is incompatible with physicalism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores and provides a defense of contrasting responses to those arguments, with a special focus on responses that reject the standard physicalist framework\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an account of the basic aims of the science of consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a lively and accessibly style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a comprehensive glossary\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Kind\u003c\/strong\u003e is Russell K. Pitzer of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. She has authored numerous articles in philosophy of mind, as well as two books, \u003ci\u003ePersons and Personal Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 2015) and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Mind: The Basics\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2020); she has also edited and co-edited four volumes, the most recent of which is \u003ci\u003eEpistemic Uses of Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Stoljar\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He is the author of many papers in philosophy of mind and related topics, as well as the books, \u003ci\u003eIgnorance and Imagination: The Epistemic Origin of the Problem of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (OUP, 2006), \u003ci\u003ePhysicalism \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2010), and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Progress: In Defence of a Reasonable Optimism \u003c\/i\u003e(OUP, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778932637984,"sku":"9780367332426","price":66.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5ee8659a6e2183425b1f6471395c878b.webp?v=1780509195","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-is-consciousness-a-debate-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}