A Dialogue on Consciousness by Torin Alter
A Dialogue on Consciousness introduces readers to the debate about consciousness and physicalism, starting with its origins in Descartes, through a lively and entertaining dialogue between unemployed graduate students, who, secretly living in a university library, discuss major theories and quote passages from classic and contemporary texts in search of an answer.
Alter and Howell's dialogue starts by making the basic puzzles of consciousness vivid and accessibleBy the end it has led readers through a grand tour of many of the most central issues in the area, bringing them close to the leading edge of current thought. Alter and Howell have both made significant contributions to this area themselves, so their discussion is philosophically rich. At the same time, it is a pleasure to read. * David Chalmers, Director, Centre for Consciousness, Australian National University, and author of The Conscious Mind *
A Dialogue on Consciousness is an elegant discussion of the problem of consciousness that would be appropriate for courses in the philosophy of mind and for generic introductions to philosophy. . . . Once I began reading, I was hooked. * John Heil, Washington University in St Louis and Monash University *
I plan to use A Dialogue on Consciousness in my philosophy of mind course. It will engage the students and provide an excellent overview of the main issues, the main positions on them, and the main lines of argument. * Alfred Mele, William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University *
A Dialogue on Consciousness is an elegant discussion of the problem of consciousness that would be appropriate for courses in the philosophy of mind and for generic introductions to philosophy. . . . Once I began reading, I was hooked. * John Heil, Washington University in St Louis and Monash University *
I plan to use A Dialogue on Consciousness in my philosophy of mind course. It will engage the students and provide an excellent overview of the main issues, the main positions on them, and the main lines of argument. * Alfred Mele, William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University *
Robert J. Howell received his Ph.D. In philosophy from Brown University in 2002. He is an Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University, and has published numerous articles on the mind-body problem, self-knowledge, and issues in epistemology. He is the co-author, with Torin Alter, of A
Dialogue on Consciousness (OUP, 2009) and The God Dialogues (OUP 2011), and has co-edited with Alter Consciousness and the Mind Body Problem: A Reader (OUP, 2011).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195375299 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195375297 |
| Title | A Dialogue on Consciousness |
| Author | Torin Alter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2009-01-22 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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