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Sytsma, Justin M.

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Phenomenal consciousness as scientific phenomenon? A critical investigation of the new science of consciousness.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Phenomenal consciousness as scientific phenomenon? A critical investigation of the new science of consciousness./
Author:	Sytsma, Justin M.
Description:	215 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-01, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-01A.
Subject:	Epistemology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3435535
ISBN:	9781124343969

Phenomenal consciousness as scientific phenomenon? A critical investigation of the new science of consciousness.
Sytsma, Justin M.

Phenomenal consciousness as scientific phenomenon? A critical investigation of the new science of consciousness. - 215 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-01, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2010.

Phenomenal consciousness poses something of a puzzle for philosophy of science. This puzzle arises from two facts: It is common for philosophers (and some scientists) to take its existence to be phenomenologically obvious and yet modern science arguably has little (if anything) to tell us about it. And, this is despite over 20 years of work targeting phenomenal consciousness in what I call the new science of consciousness. What is it about this supposedly evident phenomenon that has kept it beyond the reach of our scientific understanding? I argue that phenomenal consciousness has resisted scientific explanation because there is no such phenomenon: What is in fact phenomenologically obvious has not resisted scientific explanation, exposing phenomenal consciousness as an unneeded and unwarranted theoretical construct that is not supported by the scientific evidence. I show this through an investigation of the new science. I detail how these researchers understand "phenomenal consciousness," tie this understanding to the recent philosophical debates, and critically assess the reasons given for believing that such a scientific phenomenon exists.

ISBN: 9781124343969Subjects--Topical Terms:

896969
Epistemology.

Phenomenal consciousness as scientific phenomenon? A critical investigation of the new science of consciousness.
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