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Consciousness and its Objects
Colin McGinn
Abstract
This book features collection of essays on consciousness. It is intended as a sequel to the author’s 1991 book, The Problem of Consciousness. Although the author has not modified his views in the last decade, he has included his position under the label ‘mysterianism’, in the canon of positions regarding the mind-body problem. Chapters 1-3 focus on the mind-body problem. Chapters 4-6 deal with the concept of matter. Chapter 7 features a dialogue on consciousness and cosmology. Chapter 8 discusses the problem of philosophy. Chapter 9 questions the first person authority theory. Chapter 10 analy ... More
Keywords: consciousness, mind-body problem, mysterianism, first person authority, intentionality, cosmology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2004 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199267606 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2005 | DOI:10.1093/019926760X.001.0001 |
