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Phenomenology and the physical reality of consciousness
Phenomenology and the physical reality of consciousness
Melnick, Arthur
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The predominant positive view among philosophers and scientists alike is that consciousness is something realized in brain activity. This view, however, largely fails to capture what consciousness is like according to how it shows itself to conscious beings. What this work proposes instead is that consciousness is a phenomenon that exists in and throughout the body. Apart from whether or not it involves intentionality and apart from whether or not it involves awareness of the self, consciousness is self-intimating, self-revealing, self-disclosing. Self-disclosure is the definitive phenomenolog. Read more...
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Year:
2011
Publisher:
John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Language:
English
Pages:
262
ISBN 10:
9027284172
ISBN 13:
9789027284174
ISBN:
9789027284174,9027284172
Series:
Advances in consciousness research 83.
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Thought and thinking Cognition Psychology Philosophy PHILOSOPHY Mind Body
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