عنوان

The wonder of consciousness :

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(hardcover : alk. paper)

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(hardcover : alk. paper)

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0262015854

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9780262015851

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Title Proper

The wonder of consciousness :

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[Book]

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understanding the mind through philosophical reflection /

First Statement of Responsibility

Harold Langsam

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Cambridge, Mass. :

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MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 234 p. ;

Dimensions

21 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-226) and index

Text of Note

Introduction. Wonder and Intelligibility ; Intelligibility and Philosophy ; The Distraction of (Reductive) Physicalism ; How to Ignore Physicalism ; The Intelligibility of Consciousness : A First Step -- The Intelligibility of Consciousness I : How Experience Relates Us to the World. The Intrinsic Nature of Experience ; The Intelligible Relations between Observable Properties and Phenomenal Properties ; How Observable Properties Intelligibly Explain Phenomenal Properties ; How Observable Properties Are Intelligibly Similar to Phenomenal Properties ; How Consciousness Reveals the External World to Us : A First Step -- The Intelligibility of Consciousness II : The Causal Powers of Conscious States. The Idea of Intelligible Causation ; Motivating the Idea of Intelligible Causation ; The Intelligible Causal Powers of Experiences ; The Intelligible Causal Powers of Beliefs : Inference ; The Intelligible Causal Powers of Rational Intuitions : Reflection ; Intelligible Causation and Introspection -- The Importance of Consciousness I : Belief, Rationality, and Knowledge. Consciousness and Rationality ; Rationality and Reasoning ; Some Applications of the Theory of Rationality ; Two Kinds of Rationality ; Justification, Rationality, and Intelligible Causation ; The Unity of Knowledge -- The Importance of Consciousness II : Desire, Feeling, and Value ; Desire, Rational Desire, and Value ; Two Kinds of Rational Desires ; Bodily Sensations : Pleasures and Pains ; Feelings ; Ideal Desires : Consciousness and Value -- The Wonder of Consciousness : Conclusions

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Consciousness

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Langsam, Harold L.,1961-

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20120331155201.0

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[Book]

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