Alexander Mugar Klein

Gebundenes Buch

Consciousness Is Motor

William James on Mind and Action

Beschreibung

Why are we conscious? What role did this mental trait evolve to play in modulating behavior? Or is consciousness just an epiphenomenon, a useless byproduct of otherwise self-sufficient brain activity? This book offers a historical approach to these philosophical questions. It contextualizes and philosophically analyzes William James's long-overlooked work on consciousness. James's old work on consciousness is in effect discarded science-but the book shows that discarded science can yield surprising insights on issues that are still being debated today.

Autor

Alexander Klein is Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University. He has held postdocs and fellowships at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Sheffield, and his work has been supported by the Fulbright Foundation and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Journals in which his essays appear include Philosopher's Imprint, Journal of the History of Philosophy, and Philosophy of Science, and he is also the editor of the Oxford Handbook of William James.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780190085841
• ISBN-10: 0190085843
• Artikelnr.: 73370480