Consciousness Explained
Dennett's ambitious work offers a materialist theory of consciousness, rejecting the idea of an inner theater or Cartesian theater. Through neuroscience, philosophy, and cognitive science, it explores how consciousness emerges from brain processes. The work challenges dualism and offers a naturalistic account of mind.
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Consciousness
The subjective quality of experience—what it's like to be something. Phenomenal consciousness is qualitative experience …
Materialism
Metaphysical view that only physical matter exists; mental states reduce to brain states. Eliminative materialism …
Panpsychism
View that consciousness or mind-like qualities are fundamental and ubiquitous in nature. All matter has …
Dualism
Metaphysical view that mind and body are distinct substances. Cartesian substance dualism: mind (res cogitans) …
Idealism
Metaphysical view that reality is fundamentally mental or experiential. Berkeley's subjective idealism: to be is …
Phenomenology
Philosophical method studying consciousness and experience as they appear to us. Founded by Husserl, phenomenology …
Emergence
Phenomenon where complex systems exhibit properties not present in components. Strong emergence: higher-level properties are …
Reductionism
View that complex phenomena can be explained by reducing to simpler components. Methodological reductionism: study …