Consciousness is an intriguing mystery, of which standard accounts all have well-known difficulties. This book examines the central question about consciousness: that is, the question of how phenomenal features of our experience are related to physical features of our nervous system. Using the way in which we experience color as a central case, it develops a novel account of how consciousness is constituted by our neural structure, and so presents a new physicalist and internalist solution to the hard problem of phenomenal consciousness, with respect specifically to sensory qualia. The necessary background in philosophy and sensory neurophysiology is provided for the reader throughout. The book will appeal to a range of readers interested in the problems of consciousness.
| ISBN: | 9781009514798 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2025 |
| Author: | Joseph Mendola |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 275 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Cognitive studies Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience Philosophy of mind Psychology: states of consciousness Neurology and clinical neurophysiology Philosophy of language |
Consciousness is an intriguing mystery, of which standard accounts all have well-known difficulties. This book examines the central question about consciousness: that is, the question of how phenomenal features of our experience are related to physical features of our nervous system. Using the way in which we experience color as a central case, it develops a novel account of how consciousness is constituted by our neural structure, and so presents a new physicalist and internalist solution to the hard problem of phenomenal consciousness, with respect specifically to sensory qualia. The necessary background in philosophy and sensory neurophysiology is provided for the reader throughout. The book will appeal to a range of readers interested in the problems of consciousness.
The Neural Structure of Consciousness features in the following genres: Cognitive studies, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Philosophy of mind, Psychology: states of consciousness, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Philosophy of language
The Neural Structure of Consciousness is available in Hardback
The Neural Structure of Consciousness was written by Joseph Mendola and published by Cambridge University Press
The Neural Structure of Consciousness has 275 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Philosophy series