Philosophical history and the problem of consciousness / Paul M. Livingston.
2004
B105.C477 L58 2004eb
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Title
Philosophical history and the problem of consciousness / Paul M. Livingston.
Author
ISBN
9780511211997
0511211996
9780521838207 (hard)
0521838207 (hard)
0511215576 (electronic bk.)
9780511215575 (electronic bk.)
0511217366 (electronic bk.)
9780511217364 (electronic bk.)
9780511497957 (ebook)
0511497954 (ebook)
1280540699
9781280540691
0511211996
0521838207 (hard)
0511211996
9780521838207 (hard)
0521838207 (hard)
0511215576 (electronic bk.)
9780511215575 (electronic bk.)
0511217366 (electronic bk.)
9780511217364 (electronic bk.)
9780511497957 (ebook)
0511497954 (ebook)
1280540699
9781280540691
0511211996
0521838207 (hard)
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages)
Call Number
B105.C477 L58 2004eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)560235923
Summary
The problem of explaining consciousness today remains a problem about the meaning of language: the ordinary language of consciousness in which we define and express our sensations, thoughts, dreams and memories. This book argues that the contemporary problem arises from a quest that has taken shape over the twentieth century, and that the analysis of history provides new resources for understanding and resolving it. Paul Livingston traces the development of the characteristic practices of analytic philosophy to problems about the relationship of experience to linguistic meaning, focusing on the theories of such philosophers as Carnap, Schlick, Neurath, Husserl, Ryle, Putnam, Fodor and Wittgenstein. Clearly written and avoiding technicalities, this book will be eagerly sought out by professionals and graduate students in philosophy and cognitive science.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Structuralism and Content in the Protocol Sentence Debate; 3 Husserl and Schlick on the Logical Form of Experience; 4 Ryle on Sensation and the Origin of the Identity Theory; 5 Functionalism and Logical Analysis; 6 Consciousness, Language, and the Opening of Philosophical Critique; Notes; Works Cited; Index
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Print version: Livingston, Paul M., 1976- Philosophical history and the problem of consciousness. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004
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