The fabric(ation) of consciousness
A neuro-ecological perspective
dc.contributor.author | Craffert, Pieter F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-27T15:44:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-27T15:44:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier | ONIX_20240627_9781779953131_6 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/91132 | |
dc.description.abstract | Consciousness' is central to the quest for being human and for what the world is made of. While there is widespread agreement on the significance of consciousness for clarifying the human condition, there is no agreement on the phenomenon in search of theorising. Although there is no shortage of theories and concepts of consciousness in current consciousness research, the dominant critical analysis of consciousness research in this study, although based on existing analyses, is (as far as I can see) new and unique in arguing for a crisis in consciousness research. This book touches on most aspects of consciousness research (the hard problem of conscious-ness, neural correlates of consciousness, brain models and consciousness, consciousness and dualistic thinking, etc.) but is a critical analysis of consciousness research. It is not an insider but a third-person perspective on current consciousness research. In this regard, it is different from most introductions and overviews where these topics are presented from a first-person perspective (the insiders' claim about their research). Representing the broad spectrum of consciousness research in terms of the theoretical framework of a neuro-ecological perspective is a new and innovative move. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | HTS Religion & Society Series | |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of mind | |
dc.subject.other | Consciousness research | |
dc.subject.other | critical neuroscience of consciousness | |
dc.subject.other | crisis in consciousness research | |
dc.subject.other | neuro-ecological theory of consciousness | |
dc.subject.other | mainstream neuroscience of consciousness | |
dc.subject.other | nonlocal theories of consciousness | |
dc.subject.other | brain models | |
dc.subject.other | neurocentrism | |
dc.subject.other | corticocentrism | |
dc.subject.other | hard problem of consciousness | |
dc.subject.other | neural correlates of consciousness | |
dc.subject.other | mind-brain problem | |
dc.subject.other | consciousness and being human | |
dc.title | The fabric(ation) of consciousness | |
dc.title.alternative | A neuro-ecological perspective | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.4102/aosis.2024.BK500 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | d7387d49-5f5c-4cd8-8640-ed0a752627b7 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9781779953131 | |
oapen.imprint | AOSIS Books | |
oapen.series.number | Volume 17 | |
oapen.pages | 248 | |
oapen.place.publication | Cape Town |