Consciousness and Perceptual Experience: An Ecological and Phenomenological Approach

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Thomas Natsoulas (University of California, Davis)

Consciousness and Perceptual Experience

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An Ecological and Phenomenological Approach

Thomas Natsoulas (University of California, Davis)

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Cambridge University Press
25 July 2013

Philosophy of mind; Perception

This book describes and proposes an unusual integrative approach to human perception that qualifies as both an ecological and a phenomenological approach at the same time. Thomas Natsoulas shows us how our consciousness - in three of six senses of the word that the book identifies - is involved in our activity of perceiving the one and only world that exists, which includes oneself as a proper part of it, and that all of us share together with the rest of life on earth. He makes the case that our stream of consciousness - in the original Jamesian sense minus his mental/physical dualism - provides us with firsthand contact with the world, as opposed to our having such contact instead with theorist-posited items such as inner mental representations, internal pictures, or sense-image models, pure figments and virtual objects, none of which can have effects on our sensory receptors.

By: Thomas Natsoulas (University of California Davis)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9781107004511
ISBN 10: 1107004519
Pages: 468
Publication Date: 25 July 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: concepts of consciousness; 2. Skepticism regarding consciousness; 3. The normal waking state; 4. Contact with the world; 5. Environment; 6. The life-world; 7. Perceptual content; 8. Experiential presence; 9. Viewing; 10. Inner awareness; 11. Conclusion: against virtual objects.

Thomas Natsoulas is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association.