Why red doesn't sounds like a bell: understanding the feel of consciousness
O'Regan, J. Kevin
The book starts by analyzing the problem of how we can see so well despite what, to an engineer, might seem like horrendous defects of our eyes. An explanation is provided by a new way of thinking about seeing, the 'sensorimotor' approach. In the second part of the book the sensorimotor approach is extended toall sensory experience. INDICE: PART 1: THE FEEL OF SEEING; 1. The catastrophe of the eye; 2. A new view of seeing; 3. Applying the new view of seeing; 4. The illusion of seeing everything; 5. Some contentious points; PART 2: THE FEEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS; 6. Towards consciousness; 7. Types of consciousness; 8. Phenomenal consciousness, raw feel, and why they're hard; 9. Squeeze a sponge, drive a Porsche: a sensorimotor account of feel; 10. Consciously experiencing a feel; 11. The sensorimotor approach to color; 12. Sensory substitution; 13. The localization of touch; 14. The phenomenality plot; 15. Consciousness
- ISBN: 978-0-19-977522-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés