The Conscious Brain: How Attention Engenders Experience

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Jesse J. Prinz (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center)

The Conscious Brain

How Attention Engenders Experience

Jesse J. Prinz (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center)

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Oxford University Press
09 April 2015

Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Conscious & unconscious

Series: Philosophy of Mind Series

The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. Prinz's account of consciousness makes two main claims: first consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the intermediate level, and, second, consciousness depends on attention. Attention changes the flow of information allowing perceptual information to access memory systems. Neurobiologically, this change in flow depends on synchronized neural firing. Neural synchrony is also implicated in the unity of consciousness and in the temporal duration of experience. Prinz also explores the limits of consciousness. We have no direct experience of our thoughts, no experience of motor commands, and no experience of a conscious self. All consciousness is perceptual, and it functions to make perceptual information available to systems that allows for flexible behavior. Prinz concludes by discussing prevailing philosophical puzzles. He provides a neuroscientifically grounded response to the leading argument for dualism, and argues that materialists need not choose between functional and neurobiological approaches, but can instead combine these into neurofunctional response to the mind-body problem.

The Conscious Brain brings neuroscientific evidence to bear on enduring philosophical questions, while also surveying, challenging, and extending philosophical and scientific theories of consciousness. All readers interested in the nature of consciousness will find Prinz's work of great interest.

By: Jesse J. Prinz (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Distinguished Professor of Philosophy CUNY Graduate Center)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 167mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9780190218959
ISBN 10: 0190218959
Series: Philosophy of Mind Series
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 09 April 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate Center

Reviews for The Conscious Brain: How Attention Engenders Experience

"""The Conscious Brain achieves three great successes. First, it outlines the possibility of a unified theory of consciousness. Second, it provides a plausible, thorough, and empirically supported account of a perceptual theory of consciousness. And, third, it demonstrates the depth to which first- and third-person events can be theoretically correlated and identities defended.... A spectacularly broad-ranging synthesis of extant scientific and philosophical work on consciousness, it is a unique accomplishment."" --Philosophical Psychology"