Content and Consciousness
Content and Consciousness
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Author(s): Dennett, Daniel C.
ISBN No.: 9781138834491
Pages: 264
Year: 201507
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 156.88
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (On Demand)

Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition  Preface to the Second Edition  Preface to the First Edition  Part 1: The Language of the Mind  I. The Ontological Problem of the Mind  1. The Mind and Science  2. Existence and Identity  II. Intentionality  3. The Problem of Intentionality  4. Two Blind Alleys  5. The Way Out III.


Evolution of the Brain  6. The Intelligent Use of Information  7. The Evolution of Appropriate Structures  8. Goal-directed Behaviour  IV. The Ascription of Content  9. Function and Content  10. Language and Content  11. Personal and Sub-Personal Levels and Explanation: Pain  Part 2: Consciousness  V.


Introspective Certainty  12. The Certainty of Certain Utterances  13. A Perceiving Machine  VI. Awareness and Consciousness  14. The Ordinary Words  15. Awareness and Control  16. Consciousness VII. Mental Imagery  17.


The Name of Images and the Introspective Trap  18. Colours VIII Thinking and Reasoning  19. People and Processes  20. Reasons and Causes  IX. Actions and Intentions  21. Intentional Actions   22. Willing  23. The Importance of Intentional Actions  X.


Language and Understanding  24. Knowing and Understanding  25. Language and Information  26. Conclusions  Index.


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