Consciousness Explained

Consciousness Explained ГУМАНИТАРНЫЕ НАУКИ, ПСИХОЛОГИЯ Автор: Daniel C. Dennett Название: Consciousness Explained Издательство: Little Brown & Co Год: 1991 Формат: pdf in rar Размер: 8.97 Мб ISBN: 0316180653, 9780316180658 Язык: АнглийскийConsciousness is notoriously difficult to explain. On one hand, there are facts about conscious experience--the way clarinets sound, the way lemonade tastes--that we know subjectively, from the inside. On the other hand, such facts are not readily accommodated in the objective world described by science. How, after all, could the reediness of clarinets or the tartness of lemonade be predicted in advance? Central to Daniel C. Dennett's attempt to resolve this dilemma is the "heterophenomenological" method, which treats reports of introspection nontraditionally--not as evidence to be used in explaining consciousness, but as data to be explained. Using this method, Dennett argues against the myth of the Cartesian theater--the idea that consciousness can be precisely located in space or in time. To replace the Cartesian theater, he introduces his own multiple drafts model of consciousness, in which the mind is a bubbling congeries of unsupervised parallel processing. Finally, Dennett tackles the conventional philosophical questions about consciousness, taking issue not only with the traditional answers but also with the traditional methodology by which they were reached.Скачать Зеркало 0 1 2 3 4 5 Daniel Dennett's'brilliant'exploration of human consciousness — named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times — is a masterpiece beloved by both scientific experts and general readers (New York Times Book Review). Consciousness Explained is a full-scale exploration of human consciousness. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Our current theories about conscious life — of people, animal, even robots — are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book.'Dennett is a witty and gifted scientific raconteur, and the book is full of fascinating information about humans, animals, and machines. The result is highly digestible and a useful tour of the field.'—Wall Street Journal Advances A New Theory Of Consciousness Based On Insights Gleaned From The Fields Of Neuroscience, Psychology, And Artificial Intelligence, And Clears Away Obsolete Myths About The Process Of Thinking In Conscious Beings. Prelude: How Are Hallucinations Possible? -- Explaining Consciousness -- A Visit To The Phenomenological Garden -- A Method For Phenomenology -- Multiple Drafts Versus The Cartesian Theater -- Time And Experience -- The Evolution Of Consciousness -- How Words Do Things With Us -- The Architecture Of The Human Mind -- Show And Tell -- Dismantling The Witness Protection Program -- Qualia Disqualified -- The Reality Of Selves -- Consciousness Imagined. Daniel C. Dennett ; Illustrated By Paul Weiner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 469-491) And Index. This book revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that Cartesianism and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence. What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author argues, but "multiple drafts" of reality composed by a computer-like "virtual machine". Dennett considers how consciousness could have evolved in human beings and confronts the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, the self or ego and its relation to thoughts and sensations, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures. "Brilliant...as audacious as its title....Mr. Dennett's exposition is nothing short of brilliant." --George Johnson, New York Times Book Review Consciousness Explained is a a full-scale exploration of human consciousness. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Our current theories about conscious life-of people, animal, even robots--are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book.

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