Robinson Consciousness and Mental Life

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-231-51280-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Daniel N.

Robinson, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Greeks (Again) and the "Consciousness" Problem
2. The Problem of Consciousness "Solved"
3. "Cartesianism" Revisited
4. Higher-Order Thought: A Machine in the Ghost
5. Self-Consciousness
6. Emotion
7. Motives, Desires, and Fulfillment
8. Plans: An Epilogue
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel N. Robinson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University and a member of the philosophy faculty at Oxford University. Producing almost fifty volumes of work, he has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the History of Psychology division of the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology Division of the same organization and the 2011 Gittler Award from the American Psychological Association. He was principal consultant to PBS and the BBC for the award-winning series The Brain and The Mind, and his 110 lectures for The Teaching Company are among its most successful.