Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind

by David Woodruff Smith, Amie L. Thomasson

Overview

Philosophical work on the mind flowed in two streams through the 20th century: phenomenology and analytic philosophy. This volume aims to bring them together again, by demonstrating how work in phenomenology may lead to significant progress on problems central to current analytic research, and how analytical philosophy of mind may shed light on phenomenological concerns. Leading figures from both traditions contribute specially written essays on such central topics as consciousness, intentionality, perception, action, self-knowledge, temporal awareness, and mental content. Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind demonstrates that these different approaches to the mind should not stand in opposition to each other, but can be mutually illuminating.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199272440
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2005
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

University of California, Irvine

University of Miami

Table of Contents

I. The Place of Phenomenology in Philosophy of Mind1. Functionalism and Logical Analysis, Paul Livingston2. Intentionality and Experience: Terminological Preliminaries, Galen Strawson3. The Inescapability of Phenomenology, Taylor CarmanII: Self-Awareness and Self-Knowledge4. Consciousness with Reflexive Content, David Woodruff Smith5. First-Person Knowledge in Phenomenology, Amie L. Thomasson6. Phenomenology and Cortical Microstimulation, John Bickle & Ralph EllisIII. Intentionality7. The Immanence Theory of Intentionality, Johannes L. Brandl8. Consciousness of Abstract Objects, Richard TieszenIV. Unities of Consciousness9. Husserl and the Logic of Consciousness, Wayne M. Martin10. Temporal Awareness, Sean Dorrance Kelly11. Collective Consciousness, Kay MathiesonV. Perception, Sensation, and Action12. Perceptual Saliences, Clothilde Calabi13. Attention and Sensorimotor Intentionality, Charles Siewert14. The Phenomenology of Bodily Awareness, Jose Luis Bermudez

Editorial Reviews

Smith (Univ. of California, Irvine) and Thomasson (Univ. of Miami) offer in this anthology the latest installment in the history of attempts at bridge-building between the traditions of Continental phenomenology and Anglo-American philosophy of mind. The present volume brings together diverse essays by a team of international philosophers in a solicitous gesture of self-introduction directed toward analytic philosophers of mind. Following an excellent historical introduction, the volume's essays divide into sections addressing the place of phenomenology in philosophy of mind; self-awareness and he self-knowledge; intentionality; consciousness; and place of perception, sensation, and action. —Choice

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