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Providing an overview of key philosophical debates within consciousness studies, this carefully balanced reader brings together classic work by seminal figures including Nagel, Lewis, Block, and Dennett, as well as innovative papers from contemporary philosophers like Schellenberg, Chalmers, and Montague.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors Josh Weisberg and David Rosenthal include discussions that highlight modern debates and connect consciousness to broader philosophical topics. Divided into five parts, this volume addresses problems in consciousness, consciousness and knowledge, qualitative consciousness, and theories of consciousness. A brief final section on agency and physicalism features work by Galen Strawson and an original article by Myrto Mylopoulos. 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