new or coming soon – ‘Consciousness’ by Christopher S. Hill
Written on December 1, 2009
Though the publication date says Nov 30, Amazon.com promises “In stock on December 4” for Consciousness by Christopher S. Hill (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
It’s in stock at Amazon.co.uk (paradoxically with a publication date of Dec 31).
Product description from the publisher:
This book presents a novel and comprehensive theory of consciousness. The initial chapter distinguishes six main forms of consciousness and sketches an account of each one. Later chapters focus on phenomenal consciousness, consciousness of, and introspective consciousness. In discussing phenomenal consciousness, Hill develops the representational theory of mind in new directions, arguing that all awareness involves representations, even awareness of qualitative states like pain. He then uses this view to undercut dualistic accounts of qualitative states. Other topics include visual awareness, visual appearances, emotional qualia, and meta-cognitive processing. This important work will interest a wide readership of students and scholars in philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
See also: Works by Christopher S. Hill at PhilPapers
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