Seeing red: a study in consciousness
"Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build toward an explanation of just what the matter is." "Nicholas Humphrey begins this exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's i...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build toward an explanation of just what the matter is." "Nicholas Humphrey begins this exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's involved in "seeing red"? What is it like for us to see someone else seeing something red?" "Seeing a red screen tells us a fact about something in the world. But it also creates a new fact - a sensation in each of our minds, the feeling of redness. And that's the mystery. Conventional science so far hasn't told us what conscious sensations are made of, or how we get access to them, or why we have them at all. From an evolutionary perspective, what's the point of consciousness?" "Humphrey offers a daring and novel solution, arguing that sensations are not things that happen to us, they are things we do - originating in our primordial ancestors' expressions of liking or disgust. Tracing the evolutionary trajectory through to human beings, he shows how this has led to sensations playing the key role in the human sense of Self. The Self, as we now know it from within, seems to have fascinating other worldly properties. It leads us to believe in mind body duality and the existence of a soul. And such beliefs, even if mistaken, can be highly adaptive, because they increase the value we place on our own and otherʼ lives. Consciousness matters, Humphrey concludes with striking paradox, because it is its function to matter. It has been designed to create in human beings a Self whose live is worth pursing."--Book Jacket. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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BLINDSIGHT, 33, 43-47, 52, 65-70 BYRON, LORD, 27 CAMUS, ALBERT, 133
CINEMA ORGAN, 90, 97 CLARK, THOMAS, 126-128 COCTEAU, JEAN, 88, 102 COLOR
PREFERENCES, 19-21 CRICK, FRANCIS, 75-77 DENNETT, DANIEL, 39, 59,137
N.17, 146 N.14 INDEX DE WAAL, FRANS, 104-105 DIMENSIONS, 78-79, 84,
98-99 DUALISM, AS AN ADAPTIVE ILLUSION, 126-129,131-132 EMPATHY,103-109
EVIDENTIALITY, 24 EXTENDED PRESENT, 112-120 FEEDBACKLOOP,121-124 FODOR,
JERRY, 38, 71 FREGE, GOTTLOB, 26, 124 FRY, STEPHEN, 34 HALLUCINATIONS,
103 HARDCASTLE, VALERIE, 60 149 HEALTH-WARNING, PHILOSOPHICAL, 38, 72
HELEN (MONKEY), 43-47 HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY, 134 HUSSERL, EDMUND,
9,117-118 HUTCHISON, BILL, 106 IDENTITY, MIND-BRAIN, 76-79, 84, 98- 99
INVERTED QUALIA, 31-32 KANDINSKY, WASSILY, 19 KING, JOE, 1, 133 KOCH,
CHRISTOF, 75-77 KOSSLYN, STEPHEN, 49 LANGER, SUSANNE, 108 LLOYD, DAN,
117 LSD,48-49,102-103 MARIN, LOUIS, 118-119 MATISSE, HENRI, 21 MCGINN,
COLIN, 60, 79 MCMANUS, CHRIS, 31 MEIJER, PETER, 56, 64 METAMORPHOPSIA,
48-49, 54 MIRROR NEURONS, 105-107 MONET, CLAUDE, 116-119 MONKEY COLOR
PREFERENCES, 19,21, 31 150 MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE, 108 MYIN, ERIK, 55, 57
NAGEL, THOMAS, 4, 129 NEURAL CORRELATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS (NCC),76-77
NEWTON, ISAAC, 20 NEWTON, NATIKA, 80,112-114 NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH,
104-105 NOE, ALVA, 55, 57 O REGAN, KEVIN, 55, 57 OTHER MINDS,
27-34,103-109 PAIN, 106-108 PAINTING, WHAT S IT LIKE TO BE ONE?
114-116,121 PASCAL, BLAISE, 119 PERCEPTION: AFFECTLESS QUALITY OF, 23;
EVOLUTION OF, 92; MODALITY NEUTRAL QUALITY OF, 23-25 OTHER MINDS AND,30
PIRSIG, ROBERT, 111 PISSARRO, JOACHIM, 116-117 PLATO,16 PRESTON,
STEPHANIE, 104-105 PRIVATIZATION OF SENSATION, 94-95, 121 PROPOSITIONAL
ATTITUDE (DEFINED), 13 RAMAEHANDRAN, V. S., 62 RAMSEY, A. S., 78, 84
RAMSEY, FRANK, 114 REDDING (DEFINED), 15 RED LIGHT, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES
TO, 20 RE-ENTRANT CIREUITS, 121 REID, THOMAS, 1,40-42,60 RILEY, BRIDGET,
16, 115-116 SEEING WITH SOUND; 23, 56-59 SELF, 26, 34,
70,124-129,131-132 SENSATION: AFFEETIVE QUALITY OF, 19, 31; AS BODILY
EXPRESSION, 15,81-83; EMPATHY, AS BASIS FOR, 103-109; EVOLUTION OF,
84-97,121-129; FEIT LOEATION OF, 61-63, 82,140 N.31; FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF
IN VISION, 38- 73; MODALITY OF, 18,82; OTHER MINDS AND, 30;
PRIVATIZATION OF, 94-95, 121; PROPOSITIONAL ATTI- TUDES TO, 17; TOP-DOWN
CONTROL OF, 102-103 SENSORY LOOP, EVOLUTION OF, 94-95, 121-124 SENSORY
MODALITY, 18,23,24; EHIL- DREN S KNOWLEDGE OF, 24 SENSORY SUBSTITUTION,
23, 54-59 SIDGWICK, HENRY, 114 SKIN-VISION, 54-56 SMITH, ADAM, 107
SUTHERLAND, STUART, 2 TELEPHONE ANALOGY, 87-89,101-102 TERENEE (ROMAN
DRAMATIST), 28 TETRAPOD FOOTPRINTS, 96 THEORY OF MIND, 28, 144 N.11
TIME: AND EONSEIOUSNESS 112-120; AND THE SELF 124-129 VAN GULIEK,
ROBERT, 60 VENDLER, HELEN, 16, 114 VOICE, 23, 56-59 WEISKRANTZ,
LAWRENEE, 44, 46 WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG, 35 X FAETOR, 39, 80, 111-114
YEATS, W. B., 97 ZOMBIEDOM, 33-34,124,137 N.17 151
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AGNOSIA,54 BACH Y RITA, PAUL, 54 BLINDNESS, RECOVERY FROM, 68-70
BLINDSIGHT, 33, 43-47, 52, 65-70 BYRON, LORD, 27 CAMUS, ALBERT, 133
CINEMA ORGAN, 90, 97 CLARK, THOMAS, 126-128 COCTEAU, JEAN, 88, 102 COLOR
PREFERENCES, 19-21 CRICK, FRANCIS, 75-77 DENNETT, DANIEL, 39, 59,137
N.17, 146 N.14 INDEX DE WAAL, FRANS, 104-105 DIMENSIONS, 78-79, 84,
98-99 DUALISM, AS AN ADAPTIVE ILLUSION, 126-129,131-132 EMPATHY,103-109
EVIDENTIALITY, 24 EXTENDED PRESENT, 112-120 FEEDBACKLOOP,121-124 FODOR,
JERRY, 38, 71 FREGE, GOTTLOB, 26, 124 FRY, STEPHEN, 34 HALLUCINATIONS,
103 HARDCASTLE, VALERIE, 60 149 HEALTH-WARNING, PHILOSOPHICAL, 38, 72
HELEN (MONKEY), 43-47 HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY, 134 HUSSERL, EDMUND,
9,117-118 HUTCHISON, BILL, 106 IDENTITY, MIND-BRAIN, 76-79, 84, 98- 99
INVERTED QUALIA, 31-32 KANDINSKY, WASSILY, 19 KING, JOE, 1, 133 KOCH,
CHRISTOF, 75-77 KOSSLYN, STEPHEN, 49 LANGER, SUSANNE, 108 LLOYD, DAN,
117 LSD,48-49,102-103 MARIN, LOUIS, 118-119 MATISSE, HENRI, 21 MCGINN,
COLIN, 60, 79 MCMANUS, CHRIS, 31 MEIJER, PETER, 56, 64 METAMORPHOPSIA,
48-49, 54 MIRROR NEURONS, 105-107 MONET, CLAUDE, 116-119 MONKEY COLOR
PREFERENCES, 19,21, 31 150 MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE, 108 MYIN, ERIK, 55, 57
NAGEL, THOMAS, 4, 129 NEURAL CORRELATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS (NCC),76-77
NEWTON, ISAAC, 20 NEWTON, NATIKA, 80,112-114 NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH,
104-105 NOE, ALVA, 55, 57 O'REGAN, KEVIN, 55, 57 OTHER MINDS,
27-34,103-109 PAIN, 106-108 PAINTING, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE ONE?
114-116,121 PASCAL, BLAISE, 119 PERCEPTION: AFFECTLESS QUALITY OF, 23;
EVOLUTION OF, 92; MODALITY NEUTRAL QUALITY OF, 23-25 OTHER MINDS AND,30
PIRSIG, ROBERT, 111 PISSARRO, JOACHIM, 116-117 PLATO,16 PRESTON,
STEPHANIE, 104-105 PRIVATIZATION OF SENSATION, 94-95, 121 PROPOSITIONAL
ATTITUDE (DEFINED), 13 RAMAEHANDRAN, V. S., 62 RAMSEY, A. S., 78, 84
RAMSEY, FRANK, 114 REDDING (DEFINED), 15 RED LIGHT, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES
TO, 20 RE-ENTRANT CIREUITS, 121 REID, THOMAS, 1,40-42,60 RILEY, BRIDGET,
16, 115-116 "SEEING WITH SOUND;' 23, 56-59 SELF, 26, 34,
70,124-129,131-132 SENSATION: AFFEETIVE QUALITY OF, 19, 31; AS BODILY
EXPRESSION, 15,81-83; EMPATHY, AS BASIS FOR, 103-109; EVOLUTION OF,
84-97,121-129; FEIT LOEATION OF, 61-63, 82,140 N.31; FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF
IN VISION, 38- 73; MODALITY OF, 18,82; OTHER MINDS AND, 30;
PRIVATIZATION OF, 94-95, 121; PROPOSITIONAL ATTI- TUDES TO, 17; TOP-DOWN
CONTROL OF, 102-103 SENSORY LOOP, EVOLUTION OF, 94-95, 121-124 SENSORY
MODALITY, 18,23,24; EHIL- DREN'S KNOWLEDGE OF, 24 SENSORY SUBSTITUTION,
23, 54-59 SIDGWICK, HENRY, 114 SKIN-VISION, 54-56 SMITH, ADAM, 107
SUTHERLAND, STUART, 2 TELEPHONE ANALOGY, 87-89,101-102 TERENEE (ROMAN
DRAMATIST), 28 TETRAPOD FOOTPRINTS, 96 THEORY OF MIND, 28, 144 N.11
TIME: AND EONSEIOUSNESS 112-120; AND THE SELF 124-129 VAN GULIEK,
ROBERT, 60 VENDLER, HELEN, 16, 114 VOICE, 23, 56-59 WEISKRANTZ,
LAWRENEE, 44, 46 WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG, 35 X FAETOR, 39, 80, 111-114
YEATS, W. B., 97 ZOMBIEDOM, 33-34,124,137 N.17 151 |
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