Ignorance and Imagination : The Epistemic Origin of the Problem of Consciousness (Philosophy of Mind)

Stoljar, Daniel

Oxford University Press Inc（2009/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780195383287
• DDC分類 126

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006.

Full Description

Ignorance and Imagination advances a novel way to resolve the central philosophical problem about the mind: how it is that consciousness or experience fits into a larger naturalistic picture of the world.

The correct response to the problem, Stoljar argues, is not to posit a realm of experience distinct from the physical, nor to deny the reality of phenomenal experience, nor even to rethink our understanding of consciousness and the language we use to talk about it. Instead, we should view the problem itself as a consequence of our ignorance of the relevant physical facts, Stoljar shows that this change of orientation is well motivated historically, empirically, and philosophically, and that it has none of the side effects it is sometimes thought to have. The result is a philosophical perspective on the mind that has a number of far-reaching consequences: for consciousness studies, for our place in nature, and for the way we think about the relationship between philosophy and science.

Contents

PART I: THE PROBLEM; PART II: THE PROPOSAL; PART III: THE ALTERNATIVES