Consciousness is motor : William James on mind and action /
Why are we conscious? What role did this mental trait evolve to play in modulating behaviour? Or is consciousness just an epiphenomenon, a useless byproduct of otherwise self-sufficient brain activity? This book offers a historical approach to these philosophical questions. It contextualizes and phi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Why are we conscious? What role did this mental trait evolve to play in modulating behaviour? Or is consciousness just an epiphenomenon, a useless byproduct of otherwise self-sufficient brain activity? This book offers a historical approach to these philosophical questions. It contextualizes and philosophically analyses William James's long-overlooked work on consciousness. James's old work on consciousness is in effect discarded science - but the book shows that discarded science can yield surprising insights on issues that are still being debated today. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190085865 019008586X 9780190085872 0190085878 9780190085858 0190085851 |