Consciousness, Color, and Content

by Michael Tye

Book Overview

Experiences and feelings are inherently conscious states. There is something it is like to feel pain, to have an itch, to experience bright red. Philosophers call this sort of consciousness "phenomenal consciousness." Even though phenomenal consciousness seems to be a relatively primitive matter, something more widespread in nature than higher-order or reflective consciousness, it is deeply puzzling. In 1995 Michael Tye proposed a theory of phenomenal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262700883
• ISBN13: 9780262700887
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher