Consciousness Explained (Penguin Science)

作者: Daniel C. Dennett 著

出版社: Penguin

出版时间: 1993-06

ISBN: 9780140128673

定价: 154.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 528页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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ThisbookrevisesthetraditionalviewofconsciousnessbyclaimingthatCartesianismandDescartes'dualismofmindandbodyshouldbereplacedwiththeoriesfromtherealmsofneuroscience,psychologyandartificialintelligence.Whatpeoplethinkofasthestreamofconsciousnessisnotasingle,unifiedsequence,theauthorargues,but"multipledrafts"ofrealitycomposedbyacomputer-like"virtualmachine".Dennettconsidershowconsciousnesscouldhaveevolvedinhumanbeingsandconfrontstheclassicmysteriesofconsciousness:thenatureofintrospection,theselforegoanditsrelationtothoughtsandsensations,andthelevelofconsciousnessofnon-humancreatures. DanielDennettistheauthorofBrainstorms,Brainchildren,ElbowRoom,ConsciousnessExplainedandDarwin'sDangerousIdea.HeiscurrentlytheDistinguishedArtsandSciencesProfessorandDirectoroftheCenterforCognitiveStudiesatTuftsUniversity.HelivesinNorthAndover,Massachusetts.DanielDennettistheauthorofBrainstorms,Brainchildren,ElbowRoom,ConsciousnessExplainedandDarwin'sDangerousIdea.HeiscurrentlytheDistinguishedArtsandSciencesProfessorandDirectoroftheCenterforCognitiveStudiesatTuftsUniversity.HelivesinNorthAndover,Massachusetts. Part1Problemsandmethods:explainingconsciousness-pandora'sbox-shouldconsciousnessbedemystified?,themysteryofconsciousness,theattractionsofmindstuff,whydualismisforlorn,thechallenge;
avisittothephenomenologicalgarden-welcometothephenom,ourexperienceoftheexternalworld,ourexperienceoftheinternalworld,affect;
amethodforphenomenology-firstpersonplural,thethird-personperspective,themethodofheterophenomenology,fictionalworldsandheterophenomenologicalworlds,thediscreetcharmoftheanthropologist,discoveringwhatsomeoneisreallytalkingabout,Shakey'smentalimages,theneutralityofheterophenomenology.
Part2Anempiricaltheoryofthemind:multipledraftsversusthecartesiantheater-thepointofviewoftheobserver,introducingthemultipledraftsmodel,OrwellianandStalinesquerevisions,thetheaterofconsciousnessrevisited,themultipledraftsmodelinaction;
timeandexperience-fleetingmomentsandhoppingrabbits,howthebrainrepresentstime,Libet'scaseof"BackwardsReferralinTime",Libet'sclaimofsubjectivedelayofconsciousnessofintention,atreat-GreyWalter'sprecognitivecarousel,looseends;
theevolutionofconsciousness-insidetheblackboxofconsciousness,earlydays,sceneone-thebirthofboundariesandreasons,scenetwo-newandbetterwaysofproducingfuture,evolutioninbrains,andtheBaldwineffect,plasticityinthehumanbrain-settingthestage,theinventionofgoodandbadhabitsofautostimulation,thethirdevolutionaryprocess-memesandculturalevolution,thememesofconsciousness-thevirtualmachinetobeinstalled;
howwordsdothingswithus-review-EPluribusUnum?,bureaucracyversuspandemonium,whenwordswanttogetthemselvessaid;
thearchitectureofthehumanmind-wherearewe?,orientingourselveswiththethumbnailsketch,andthenwhathappens?,thepowersoftheJoyceanmachine,butisthisatheoryofconsciousness?.
Part3Thephilosophicalproblemsofconsciousness-showandtell-rotatingimagesinthemind'seye,words,pictures,andthoughts,reportingandexpressing,zombies,zimboes,andtheuserillusion,problemswithfolkpsychology;
dismantlingthewitnessprotectionprogram-review,blindsight-partialzombiehood?,hidethethimble-anexerciseinconsciousness-raising,prostheticvision-what,asidefrominformation,isstillmissing?,"FillingIn"versusfindingout,neglectasapathologicallossofepistemicappetite,virtualpresence,seeingisbelieving-adialoguewithOtto;
qualiadisqualified-anewkitestring,whyaretherecolors?,enjoyingourexperiences,aphilosophicalfantasy-invertedqualia,"Epiphenomenal"qualia?,gettingbackonmyrocker;
therealityofselves-howhumanbeingsspinaself,howmanyselvestoacustomer?,theunbearablelightnessofbeing;
consciousnessimagined-imagininga
内容简介:
ThisbookrevisesthetraditionalviewofconsciousnessbyclaimingthatCartesianismandDescartes'dualismofmindandbodyshouldbereplacedwiththeoriesfromtherealmsofneuroscience,psychologyandartificialintelligence.Whatpeoplethinkofasthestreamofconsciousnessisnotasingle,unifiedsequence,theauthorargues,but"multipledrafts"ofrealitycomposedbyacomputer-like"virtualmachine".Dennettconsidershowconsciousnesscouldhaveevolvedinhumanbeingsandconfrontstheclassicmysteriesofconsciousness:thenatureofintrospection,theselforegoanditsrelationtothoughtsandsensations,andthelevelofconsciousnessofnon-humancreatures.
作者简介:
DanielDennettistheauthorofBrainstorms,Brainchildren,ElbowRoom,ConsciousnessExplainedandDarwin'sDangerousIdea.HeiscurrentlytheDistinguishedArtsandSciencesProfessorandDirectoroftheCenterforCognitiveStudiesatTuftsUniversity.HelivesinNorthAndover,Massachusetts.DanielDennettistheauthorofBrainstorms,Brainchildren,ElbowRoom,ConsciousnessExplainedandDarwin'sDangerousIdea.HeiscurrentlytheDistinguishedArtsandSciencesProfessorandDirectoroftheCenterforCognitiveStudiesatTuftsUniversity.HelivesinNorthAndover,Massachusetts.
目录:
Part1Problemsandmethods:explainingconsciousness-pandora'sbox-shouldconsciousnessbedemystified?,themysteryofconsciousness,theattractionsofmindstuff,whydualismisforlorn,thechallenge;
avisittothephenomenologicalgarden-welcometothephenom,ourexperienceoftheexternalworld,ourexperienceoftheinternalworld,affect;
amethodforphenomenology-firstpersonplural,thethird-personperspective,themethodofheterophenomenology,fictionalworldsandheterophenomenologicalworlds,thediscreetcharmoftheanthropologist,discoveringwhatsomeoneisreallytalkingabout,Shakey'smentalimages,theneutralityofheterophenomenology.
Part2Anempiricaltheoryofthemind:multipledraftsversusthecartesiantheater-thepointofviewoftheobserver,introducingthemultipledraftsmodel,OrwellianandStalinesquerevisions,thetheaterofconsciousnessrevisited,themultipledraftsmodelinaction;
timeandexperience-fleetingmomentsandhoppingrabbits,howthebrainrepresentstime,Libet'scaseof"BackwardsReferralinTime",Libet'sclaimofsubjectivedelayofconsciousnessofintention,atreat-GreyWalter'sprecognitivecarousel,looseends;
theevolutionofconsciousness-insidetheblackboxofconsciousness,earlydays,sceneone-thebirthofboundariesandreasons,scenetwo-newandbetterwaysofproducingfuture,evolutioninbrains,andtheBaldwineffect,plasticityinthehumanbrain-settingthestage,theinventionofgoodandbadhabitsofautostimulation,thethirdevolutionaryprocess-memesandculturalevolution,thememesofconsciousness-thevirtualmachinetobeinstalled;
howwordsdothingswithus-review-EPluribusUnum?,bureaucracyversuspandemonium,whenwordswanttogetthemselvessaid;
thearchitectureofthehumanmind-wherearewe?,orientingourselveswiththethumbnailsketch,andthenwhathappens?,thepowersoftheJoyceanmachine,butisthisatheoryofconsciousness?.
Part3Thephilosophicalproblemsofconsciousness-showandtell-rotatingimagesinthemind'seye,words,pictures,andthoughts,reportingandexpressing,zombies,zimboes,andtheuserillusion,problemswithfolkpsychology;
dismantlingthewitnessprotectionprogram-review,blindsight-partialzombiehood?,hidethethimble-anexerciseinconsciousness-raising,prostheticvision-what,asidefrominformation,isstillmissing?,"FillingIn"versusfindingout,neglectasapathologicallossofepistemicappetite,virtualpresence,seeingisbelieving-adialoguewithOtto;
qualiadisqualified-anewkitestring,whyaretherecolors?,enjoyingourexperiences,aphilosophicalfantasy-invertedqualia,"Epiphenomenal"qualia?,gettingbackonmyrocker;
therealityofselves-howhumanbeingsspinaself,howmanyselvestoacustomer?,theunbearablelightnessofbeing;
consciousnessimagined-imagininga