in many ways impressive... careful and often illuminating... It is the most thorough discussion of the unity of consciousness there is, and anyone interested in the topic should read it.

Sydney Shoemaker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Impressive in the range of topics discussed... Bayne delicately evaluates the evidential value of introspective reports, and he explores a number of fascinating implications of the Unity Thesis about holism and atomism and the sense of embodiment, as well as conceptions of the self. The Unity of Consciousness thus highlights a wealth of issues related to consciousness.

Lynne Rudder Baker, Times Literary Supplement

In The Unity of Consciousness Tim Bayne draws on philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience in defence of the claim that consciousness is unified. In the first part of the book Bayne develops an account of what it means to say that consciousness is unified. Part II applies this account to a variety of cases - drawn from both normal and pathological forms of experience - in which the unity of consciousness is said to break down. Bayne argues that the unity of consciousness remains intact in each of these cases. Part III explores the implications of the unity of consciousness for theories of consciousness, for the sense of embodiment, and for accounts of the self. In one of the most comprehensive examinations of the topic available, The Unity of Consciousness draws on a wide range of findings within philosophy and the sciences of the mind to construct an account of the unity of consciousness that is both conceptually sophisticated and scientifically informed.
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Tim Bayne examines the idea that a human being can have only a single stream of consciousness at any one point in time. He draws on philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to defend the claim that consciousness is unified, and he explores the implications for theories of consciousness and for our understanding of embodiment and the self.
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1. The Phenomenal Field ; 2. Phenomenal unity: Mereology ; 3. Phenomenal unity: Closure ; 4. Motivating the Unity Thesis ; 5. How to Evaluate the Unity Thesis ; 6. Fragments of consciousness ; 7. Anosognosia, Schizophrenia, and Multiplicity ; 8. Hypnosis ; 9. The Split-brain Syndrome ; 10. The Quilt of Consciousness ; 11. The Body ; 12. The Self
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Original work by a leading young philosopher Promises to stimulate interest in this much-neglected facet of consciousness Genuinely interdisciplinary work, relevant across philosophy and cognitive science
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Tim Bayne is a University Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. Catherine's College. His main interests lie in the philosophy of psychology, with a particular focus on consciousness.
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Original work by a leading young philosopher Promises to stimulate interest in this much-neglected facet of consciousness Genuinely interdisciplinary work, relevant across philosophy and cognitive science
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ISBN
9780199215386
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
690 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
356

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Biografisk notat

Tim Bayne is a University Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. Catherine's College. His main interests lie in the philosophy of psychology, with a particular focus on consciousness.