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Science and the Riddle of Consciousness

A Solution

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  1. Jeffrey Foss

    1. University of Victoria, Canada

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Place of Consciousness in Science

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Scientific Model and the Genesis of the Riddle

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 35-68

  4. The Manifest Model and the Pythagorean Intuition

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 69-96

  5. Explaining Qualia

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 97-128

  6. Methodological Foundations of the Science of Consciousness

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 129-157

  7. The Primacy of Method

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 159-184

  8. Solving the Riddle of Intentionality

    • Jeffrey Foss
    Pages 185-212

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 213-225
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About this book

Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest, and dozens of books have been written in recent years to explain it, yet it still remains a mystery. Science and the Riddle of Consciousness explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved.
The questions examined in the book speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

Reviews

From the reviews:

`[...] Foss has produced an excellent book from which consciousness researchers can profit.'
Philosophia, 31:1-2 (October 2003)

"Professor Foss has written not just one book but sketched two in outline. Ostensively his task is to show how one might study matters of consciousness in a scientifically responsible manner. … Foss has written a most exciting work. It is both rigorously argued and fun to read. Foss’s book should earn him a place with the likes of Daniel Dennett and Owen Flanagan – high praise indeed." (Paul A. Wagner, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. LVI (223), 2003)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Victoria, Canada

    Jeffrey Foss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science and the Riddle of Consciousness

  • Book Subtitle: A Solution

  • Authors: Jeffrey Foss

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6478-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7936-2Published: 31 August 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4994-3Published: 03 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-6478-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 225

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Artificial Intelligence

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