Being in Time

Dynamical models of phenomenal experience
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-272-1354-9
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 88, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 655 g

Reihe: Advances in Consciousness Research

Given that a representational system's phenomenal experience must be intrinsic to it and must therefore arise from its own temporal dynamics, consciousness is best understood — indeed, can only be understood — as being in time. Despite that, it is still acceptable for theories of consciousness to be summarily exempted from addressing the temporality of phenomenal experience. The chapters comprising this book represent a collective attempt on the part of their authors to redress this aberration. The diverse treatments of phenomenal consciousness range in their methodology from philosophy, through surveys and synthesis of behavioral and neuroscientific findings, to computational analysis. This collection's broad scope and integrative approach, characterized by the view of the brain as a dynamical system that computes the mind's representation space, will be of interest to researchers, instructors, and students in the cognitive sciences wishing to acquaint themselves with the current thinking in consciousness research. Series B.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edelman, Shimon

Fekete, Tomer

Zach, Neta

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Time after time: Temporality in the dynamic brain
Dan Lloyd

Neuronal reflections and subjective awareness
Rafael Malach

From probabilities to percepts: A subcortical “global best estimate buffer” as locus of phenomenal experience
Bjorn Merker

Being in time
Shimon Edelman and Tomer Fekete

The (lack of) mental life of some machines
Tomer Fekete and Shimon Edelman

Restless minds, wandering brains
Cees van Leeuwen and Dirk J.A. Smit

Fuzzy consciousness
Stephanie Huette and Michael J. Spivey

Two dynamical themes in Husserl
Jeffrey Yoshimi

Desiderata for a mereotopological theory of consciousness: First steps towards a formal model for the unity of consciousness
Wanja Wiese and Thomas Metzinger

The brain and ist states
Richard Brown

An integrative pluralistic approach to phenomenal consciousness
Rick Dale, Deborah P. Tollefsen and Christopher T. Kello

Index