Consciousness Inside and Out: Phenomenology, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Experience

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Richard Brown

   Pages 1-10

3. First-Person Data and the Science of Consciousness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. An Epistemology for Phenomenology?

      • Ruth Garrett Millikan

      Pages 13-26

   3. From Phenomenology to the Self-Measurement Methodology of First-Person Data

      • Gualtiero Piccinini, Corey J. Maley

      Pages 27-32

4. Phenomenal Properties and Dualism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. Consciousness and the Introspection of ‘Qualitative Simples’

      • Paul M. Churchland

      Pages 35-56

   3. Churchland on Arguments Against Physicalism

      • Torin Alter

      Pages 57-67

   4. Response to Torin Alter

      • Paul M. Churchland

      Pages 69-71

5. Property Dualism and Panpsychism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Orthodox Property Dualism+The Linguistic Theory of Vagueness=Panpsychism

      • Philip Goff

      Pages 75-91

   3. A Wake Up Call

      • William S. Robinson

      Pages 93-101

   4. What Is Acquaintance with Consciousness?

      • Jonathan Simon

      Pages 103-118

   5. Reply to Simon and Robinson

      • Philip Goff

      Pages 119-123

6. Naïve Realism, Hallucinations, and Perceptual Justification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. It’s Still There!

      • Benj Hellie

      Pages 127-136

   3. Perceptual Justification Outside of Consciousness

      • Jacob Berger

      Pages 137-145

   4. Some Thoughts About Hallucination, Self-Representation, and “There It Is”

      • Jeff Speaks

      Pages 147-154

   5. But Where Is a Hallucinator’s Perceptual Justification?

      • Heather Logue

      Pages 155-161

   6. Yep—Still There

      • Benj Hellie

      Pages 163-169

This volume is product of the third online consciousness conference, held at http://consciousnessonline.com in February and March 2011. Chapters range over epistemological issues in the science and philosophy of perception, what neuroscience can do to help us solve philosophical issues in the philosophy of mind, what the true nature of black and white vision, pain, auditory, olfactory, or multi-modal experiences are, to higher-order theories of consciousness, synesthesia, among others. Each chapter includes a target article, commentaries, and in most cases, a final response from the author. Though wide-ranging all of the papers aim to understand consciousness both from the inside, as we experience it, and from the outside as we encounter it in our science.

The Online Consciousness Conference, founded and organized by Richard Brown, is dedicated to the rigorous study of consciousness and mind. The goal is to bring philosophers, scientists, and interested lay persons together in an online venue to promote high-level discussion and exchanging of views, ideas and data related to the scientific and philosophical study of consciousness.

• Acquaintance with consciousness
• Anti-physicalism
• Anti-reductionism
• Apparent Qualitative Simples
• Auditory experience
• Black and white vision
• Chimerical Reductions
• Consciousness Online Conference
• Consciousness Philosophy
• Dorsal Lateral Prefrontal Cortex and consciousness
• Epistemology of perception
• Experimental Philosophy
• Explanatory Gap
• Grapheme-Color Synesthesia
• Higher-Order Thought Theories of Consciousness
• Hypothetical Identities
• Muti-modal experience
• Neurophilosophy
• Neurophilosophy of consciousness
• Phenomenal consciousness
• Phenomenal externalism
• Philosophy of Neuroscience
• Philosophy of perception
• Property dualism

From the reviews:

“This book, edited by Richard Brown, is an attempt to cover the interface area of philosophy and neuroscience with respect to questions regarding consciousness. … this book represents the current state of philosophical thoughts on consciousness, with a view toward neuroscientific research in a unique and interactive manner. … I highly recommend the book. Not only philosophers but also psychologists and neuroscientists will enjoy its contents and benefit from the presented ideas and discussions.” (Hamid R. Noori, Computing Reviews, April, 2014)

• Philosophy Program, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, Long Island City, USA

  Richard Brown

Professor Brown is a philosopher at the City University of New York at the LaGuardia Community College. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the foundations of cognitive science. For more information, please visit the homepage of professor Brown: www.onemorebrown.com.

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