Affect, Consciousness and Self: A View from the Bottom of the Mind

by Daniel Hill

This book argues that mental life is organized by and around affect. It proposes a clinical model for understanding how affect influences states of consciousness and self. It illustrates how, from moment to moment, affect determines the world we know, how we are disposed to being in it, and our capacity to function in it.

After introducing consciousness and self as features of mind that have posed daunting problems for philosophy, neurology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032210729
• ISBN13: 9781032210728
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"