Consciousness in Contemporary Science

This book is a collection of essays exploring consciousness from multiple disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. The contributors examine topics such as qualia, intentionality, phenomenal experience, functionalism, neuropsychological contributions to consciousness, brain modularity, and computational models. The volume aims to integrate scientific and philosophical approaches to understand conscious experience, addressing both theoretical and empirical aspects of consciousness research.

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A cautious welcome - an introduction and guide to the book, Anthony J. Marcel (MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge), E. Bisiach (Instituto di Clinica Neurologica, University of Milan) ____, yishi, duh, um and consciousness, Kathleen Wilkes (St Hilda's College, University of Oxford) quining qualia, Daniel C. Dennett (Department of Philosophy, Tufts University, Massachusetts) consciousness, intrinsic intentionality and self-understanding machines, Robert Van Gulick (Department of Philosophy, Syracuse University, New York) the (haunted) brain and consciousness, Edoardo Bisiach (Istituto di Clinica Neurologica, University of Milan) phenomenal experience and functionalism, Anthony J. Marcel (MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge) what concept of consciousness?, Alan Allport (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford) some contributions of neuropsychology of vision and memory to the problem of consciousness, Lawrence Weiskrantz (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford) hypermnesia and insight, Matthew Hugh Erdelyi (Department of Psychology, City University of New York) brain modularity - towards a philosophy of conscious experience, Michael S. Gazzaniga (Department of Neurology, Cornell University Medical Center, New York) integrated field theory of consciousness, Marcel Kinsbourne (Department of Behavioural Neurology, Shriver Center, Massachusetts) consciousness in science and philosophy - consciousness and con-science, Richard L. Gregory (Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol) reduction and the neurobiological basis of consciousness, Patricia Smith Churchland (Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego) information-processing models of consciousness - possibilities and problems, Tim Shallice (MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge) the control and operations of consciousness, Carlo Umilta (Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, University of Parma) a computational analysis of consciousness, Philip N. Johnson-Laird (MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge) on changing one's mind - a possible function of consciousness, Keith Oatley (Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow). Index.