Consciousness is motor

• Verfasst von: Klein, Alexander Mugar [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Consciousness is motor
• Titelzusatz: William James on mind and action
• Verf.angabe: Alexander Mugar Klein
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 online resource.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 14, 2024)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008587-2
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780190085841.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Psychology
• Sach-SW: Psychology
• K10plus-PPN: 1919524916
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Why are we conscious? What role did this mental trait evolve to play in modulating behaviour? Or is consciousness just an epiphenomenon, a useless byproduct of otherwise self-sufficient brain activity? This book offers a historical approach to these philosophical questions. It contextualizes and philosophically analyses William James's long-overlooked work on consciousness. James's old work on consciousness is in effect discarded science - but the book shows that discarded science can yield surprising insights on issues that are still being debated today.