Acts of consciousness : a social psychology standpoint / Guy Saunders.
2014
302 S257a 2014
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Title
Acts of consciousness : a social psychology standpoint / Guy Saunders.
Author
ISBN
9780521111249 (hardback)
0521111242 (hardback)
9780521128544 (paperback)
0521128544 (paperback)
0521111242 (hardback)
9780521128544 (paperback)
0521128544 (paperback)
Published
Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Language
English
Description
xv, 330 pages ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40023903472
Call Number
302 S257a 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)863801606
(OCoLC)863801606
(OCoLC)863801606
Summary
"Drawing on compelling material from research interviews with former hostages and political prisoners, Guy Saunders reworks three classic thought experiment stories: Parfit's 'Teleporter', Nagel's 'What is it like to be a bat?' and Jackson's 'Mary the colour scientist' to form a fresh look at the study of consciousness. By examining consciousness from a social psychology perspective, Saunders develops a 'cubist psychology of consciousness' through which he challenges the accepted wisdom of mainstream approaches by arguing that people can act freely. What makes 'cubist psychology' is both the many examples taken from different viewpoints and the multiple ways of looking at the key issues of person, mind and world. This is a unique and engaging book that will appeal to students and academics in the field of consciousness studies and other readers with an interest in consciousness"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Part I. To Be Conscious. 1. To teleport or not to teleport? (Parfit) ; 2. To be a person : ego, bundle and social theories ; 3. To be captive
Part II: To Have Consciousness. 4. 'What is it like to be a bat?' (Nagel) ; 5. Treatments of subjective conscious experience in the arts ; 6. A captive mind
Part III. To Know Consciously. 7. Landscape and the world about us ; 8. 'Mary, the colour scientist' (Jackson) ; 9. Knowing how it feels to be free.
Part I. To Be Conscious. 1. To teleport or not to teleport? (Parfit) ; 2. To be a person : ego, bundle and social theories ; 3. To be captive
Part II: To Have Consciousness. 4. 'What is it like to be a bat?' (Nagel) ; 5. Treatments of subjective conscious experience in the arts ; 6. A captive mind
Part III. To Know Consciously. 7. Landscape and the world about us ; 8. 'Mary, the colour scientist' (Jackson) ; 9. Knowing how it feels to be free.
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