Direct versus Indirect Realism : A Neurophilosophical Debate on Consciousness

Smythies, John R. (EDT)/ French, Robert (EDT)

Academic Press Inc（2018/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 298 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780128121412

Full Description

Direct versus Indirect Realism: A Neurophilosophical Debate on Consciousness brings together leading neuroscientists and philosophers to explain and defend their theories on consciousness. The book offers a one-of-a-kind look at the radically opposing theories concerning the nature of the objects of immediate perception—whether these are distal physical objects or phenomenal experiences in the conscious mind. Each side—neuroscientists and philosophers—offers accessible, comprehensive explanations of their points-of-view, with each side also providing a response to the other that offers a unique approach on opposing positions.

It is the only book available that combines thorough discussion of the arguments behind both direct and indirect realism in a single resource, and is required reading for neuroscientists, neurophilosophers, cognitive scientists and anyone interested in conscious perception and the mind-brain connection.

Contents

Section 1: Indirect Realists
1. The Metaphysical Foundations of Contemporary Neuroscience: A House Built on Straw
2. A Defense of Representational Realism
3. Direct Realism: A Perspective from the Neurosciences
4. Against the Combination of Materialism and Direct Realism

Section 2: Direct Realists
5. Disjunctive Naive Realism
6. A Non-naive Direct Realist Account of Perceptual Experience
7. The Epistemological version of Direct Realism
8. The Distinction between Metaphysical and Epistemological Direct Realism
9. Seeing Things
10. Conclusions