Consciousness Revisited

Name: Consciousness Revisited
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Materialism without Phenomenal Concepts

Michael Tye (University of Texas), R L. Kosut, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern University)

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Massachusetts Inst of Tec
19 August 2011

Philosophy; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind

Series: Consciousness Revisited

Four major puzzles of consciousness philosophical materialism must confront after rejecting the phenomenal concept strategy.

We are material beings in a material world, but we are also beings who have experiences and feelings. How can these subjective states be just a matter of matter? To defend materialism, philosophical materialists have formulated what is sometimes called ""the phenomenal-concept strategy,"" which holds that we possess a range of special concepts for classifying the subjective aspects of our experiences. In Consciousness Revisited, the philosopher Michael Tye, until now a proponent of the the phenomenal-concept strategy, argues that the strategy is mistaken.

A rejection of phenomenal concepts leaves the materialist with the task of finding some other strategy for defending materialism. Tye points to four major puzzles of consciousness that arise- How is it possible for Mary, in the famous thought experiment, to make a discovery when she leaves her black-and-white room? In what does the explanatory gap consist and how can it be bridged? How can the hard problem of consciousness be solved? How are zombies possible? Tye presents solutions to these puzzles-solutions that relieve the pressure on the materialist created by the failure of the phenomenal-concept strategy. In doing so, he discusses and makes new proposals on a wide range of issues, including the nature of perceptual content, the conditions necessary for consciousness of a given object, the proper understanding of change blindness, the nature of phenomenal character and our awareness of it, whether we have privileged access to our own experiences, and, if we do, in what such access consists.

By: Michael Tye (University of Texas)
Edited by: R L. Kosut, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern University)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780262516631
ISBN 10: 0262516632
Series: Consciousness Revisited
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 19 August 2011
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Tye is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Ten Problems of Consciousness (1995), Consciousness, Color, and Content (2000), and Consciousness and Persons (2003), all published by the MIT Press.

Reviews for Consciousness Revisited: Materialism without Phenomenal Concepts

[An] impressive contribution to the study of consciousness...I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the study of consciousness and perception.-Yaron Senderowicz, Pragmatics and Cognition [An] impressive contribution to the study of consciousness...I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the study of consciousness and perception.-Yaron Senderowicz, Pragmatics and Cognition * Reviews *