Consciousness as a Scientific Concept A Philosophy of Science Perspective /

The source of endless speculation and public curiosity, our scientific quest for the origins of human consciousness has expanded along with the technical capabilities of science itself and remains one of the key topics able to fire public as much as academic interest. Yet many problematic issues, id...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irvine, Elizabeth. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Studies in Brain and Mind ; 5
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5173-6
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Science of Consciousness
  • 2. Subjective Measures of Consciousness
  • 3. Measures of Consciousness and the Method of Qualitative Differences
  • 4. Dissociations and Consciousness
  • 5. Converging on Consciousness
  • 6. Mechanisms of Consciousness and Scientific Kinds
  • 7. Content-Matching: The case of Sensory memory and phenomenal consciousness
  • 8. Content-Matching: The contents of what?
  • 9. Scientific Eliminativism: Why there can be no Science of Consciousness
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Dice Game.-.