The Nature of Consciousness

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Intended for anyone attempting to find their way through the large andconfusingly interwoven philosophical literature on consciousness, this reader bringstogether most of the principal texts in philosophy (and a small set of related keyworks in neuropsychology) on consciousness through 1997, and includes someforthcoming articles. Its extensive coverage strikes a balance between seminal worksof the past few decades and the leading edge of philosophical research onconsciousness.As no other anthology currently does, The Nature of Consciousnessprovides a substantial introduction to the field, and imposes structure on a vastand complicated literature, with sections covering stream of consciousness, theoretical issues, consciousness and representation, the function of consciousness, subjectivity and the explanatory gap, the knowledge argument, qualia, and monitoringconceptions of consciousness. Of the 49 contributions, 18 are either new or havebeen adapted from a previous publication.