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Index
Cover
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Copyright Page
Title Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
PREFACE
1: PRELUDE: HOW ARE HALLUCINATIONS POSSIBLE?
1. THE BRAIN IN THE VAT
2. PRANKSTERS IN THE BRAIN
3. A PARTY GAME CALLED PSYCHOANALYSIS
4. PREVIEW
CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED
PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND METHODS
2: EXPLAINING CONSCIOUSNESS
1. PANDORA’S BOX: SHOULD CONSCIOUSNESS BE DEMYSTIFIED?
2. THE MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
3. THE ATTRACTIONS OF MIND STUFF
4. WHY DUALISM IS FORLORN
5. THE CHALLENGE
3: A VISIT TO THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL GARDEN
1. WELCOME TO THE PHENOM
2. OUR EXPERIENCE OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD
3. OUR EXPERIENCE OF THE INTERNAL WORLD
4. AFFECT
4: A METHOD FOR PHENOMENOLOGY
1. FIRST PERSON PLURAL
2. THE THIRD-PERSON PERSPECTIVE
3. THE METHOD OF HETEROPHENOMENOLOGY
4. FICTIONAL WORLDS AND HETEROPHENOMENOLOGICAL WORLDS
5. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE ANTHROPOLOGIST
6. DISCOVERING WHAT SOMEONE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT
7. SHAKEY’S MENTAL IMAGES
8. THE NEUTRALITY OF HETEROPHENOMENOLOGY
PART TWO: AN EMPIRICAL THEORY OF THE MIND
5: MULTIPLE DRAFTS VERSUS THE CARTESIAN THEATER
1. THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE OBSERVER
2. INTRODUCING THE MULTIPLE DRAFTS MODEL
3. ORWELLIAN AND STALINESQUE REVISIONS
4. THE THEATER OF CONSCIOUSNESS REVISITED
5. THE MULTIPLE DRAFTS MODEL IN ACTION
6: TIME AND EXPERIENCE
1. FLEETING MOMENTS AND HOPPING RABBITS
2. HOW THE BRAIN REPRESENTS TIME
3. LIBET’S CASE OF “BACKWARDS REFERRAL IN TIME”
4. LIBET’S CLAIM OF SUBJECTIVE DELAY OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF INTENTION
5. A TREAT: GREY WALTER’S PRECOGNITIVE CAROUSEL
6. LOOSE ENDS
7: THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
1. INSIDE THE BLACK BOX OF CONSCIOUSNESS
2. EARLY DAYS
Scene One: The Birth of Boundaries and Reasons
Scene Two: New and Better Ways of Producing Future
3. EVOLUTION IN BRAINS, AND THE BALDWIN EFFECT
4. PLASTICITY IN THE HUMAN BRAIN: SETTING THE STAGE
5. THE INVENTION OF GOOD AND BAD HABITS OF AUTOSTIMULATION
6. THE THIRD EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS: MEMES AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION
7. THE MEMES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THE VIRTUAL MACHINE TO BE INSTALLED
8: HOW WORDS DO THINGS WITH US
1. REVIEW: E PLURIBUS UNUM?
2. BUREAUCRACY VERSUS PANDEMONIUM
3. WHEN WORDS WANT TO GET THEMSELVES SAID
9: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HUMAN MIND
1. WHERE ARE WE?
2. ORIENTING OURSELVES WITH THE THUMBNAIL SKETCH
3. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
4. THE POWERS OF THE JOYCEAN MACHINE
5. BUT IS THIS A THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS?
PART THREE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
10: SHOW AND TELL
1. Rotating Images in the Mind’s Eye
2. WORDS, PICTURES, AND THOUGHTS
3. REPORTING AND EXPRESSING
4. ZOMBIES, ZIMBOES, AND THE USER ILLUSION
5. PROBLEMS WITH FOLK PSYCHOLOGY
11: DISMANTLING THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
1. REVIEW
2. BLINDSIGHT: PARTIAL ZOMBIEHOOD?
3. HIDE THE THIMBLE: AN EXERCISE IN CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
4. Prosthetic Vision: What, Aside from Information, Is Still Missing?
5. “FILLING IN” VERSUS FINDING OUT
6. NEGLECT AS A PATHOLOGICAL LOSS OF EPISTEMIC APPETITE
7. VIRTUAL PRESENCE
8. SEEING IS BELIEVING: A DIALOGUE WITH OTTO
12: QUALIA DISQUALIFIED
1. A NEW KITE STRING
2. WHY ARE THERE COLORS?
3. ENJOYING OUR EXPERIENCES
4. A PHILOSOPHICAL FANTASY: INVERTED QUALIA
5. “EPIPHENOMENAL” QUALIA?
6. GETTING BACK ON MY ROCKER
13: THE REALITY OF SELVES
1. HOW HUMAN BEINGS SPIN A SELF
2. HOW MANY SELVES TO A CUSTOMER?
3. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
14: CONSCIOUSNESS IMAGINED
1. IMAGINING A CONSCIOUS ROBOT
2. WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A BAT
3. MINDING AND MATTERING
4. CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED, OR EXPLAINED AWAY?
APPENDIX A: (FOR PHILOSOPHERS)
APPENDIX B: (FOR SCIENTISTS)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acknowledgements
INDEX
Footnotes
1: PRELUDE: HOW ARE HALLUCINATIONS POSSIBLE?
Page 3
Page 5
Page 6
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PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND METHODS
2: EXPLAINING CONSCIOUSNESS
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3: A VISIT TO THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL GARDEN
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4: A METHOD FOR PHENOMENOLOGY
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PART TWO: AN EMPIRICAL THEORY OF THE MIND
5: MULTIPLE DRAFTS VERSUS THE CARTESIAN THEATER
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6: TIME AND EXPERIENCE
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7: THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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8: HOW WORDS DO THINGS WITH US
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9: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HUMAN MIND
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PART THREE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
10: SHOW AND TELL
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11: DISMANTLING THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
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12: QUALIA DISQUALIFIED
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13: THE REALITY OF SELVES
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14: CONSCIOUSNESS IMAGINED
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