Questioning Consciousness brings together neuroscientific, psychological and phenomenological research, combining in a readable format recent developments in image research and neurology. It reassesses the mind-body relation and research on 'mental models', abstract concept formation, and acquisition of logical and apparently 'imageless' inference skills. It is argued that to be conscious of an object is essentially to imagine in a habituated way what would happen if we were to perform certain actions in relation to the object; and that mental images fit together to build up abstract concepts. This analysis shows why conscious information processing is so structurally different from - yet interrelated with - non-conscious processing, and how mind and body interrelate as a process to its substratum in the way that a sound wave relates to the medium through which it passes. (Series A)
| ISBN: | 9789027251220 |
| Publication date: | 29th June 1995 |
| Author: | Ralph D Ellis |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | Advances in Consciousness Research |
| Genres: |
Psychology: states of consciousness |
Questioning Consciousness brings together neuroscientific, psychological and phenomenological research, combining in a readable format recent developments in image research and neurology. It reassesses the mind-body relation and research on 'mental models', abstract concept formation, and acquisition of logical and apparently 'imageless' inference skills. It is argued that to be conscious of an object is essentially to imagine in a habituated way what would happen if we were to perform certain actions in relation to the object; and that mental images fit together to build up abstract concepts. This analysis shows why conscious information processing is so structurally different from - yet interrelated with - non-conscious processing, and how mind and body interrelate as a process to its substratum in the way that a sound wave relates to the medium through which it passes. (Series A)
Questioning Consciousness features in the following genres: Psychology: states of consciousness
Questioning Consciousness is available in Paperback
Questioning Consciousness was written by Ralph D Ellis and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Questioning Consciousness has 260 pages
Yes it is part of Advances in Consciousness Research series