Science and the Riddle of Consciousness: A Solution

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Springer Science & Business Media, 31 sie 2000 - 225
Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest, and dozens of books have been written in recent years to explain it, yet it still remains a mystery. Science and the Riddle of Consciousness explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved.
The questions examined in the book speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

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THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN SCIENCE
1
11 THE INVISIBILITY BARRIER
2
12 A SOLUTION TO THE INVERTED SPECTRUM RIDDLE
11
13 QUALIA AND COMPLEMENTARITY
15
14 METHOD BEFORE METAPHYSICS
28
15 THE COMPLETENESS THESIS
31
THE SCIENTIFIC MODEL AND THE GENESIS OF THE RIDDLE
35
21 SCIENCE AND GEOMETRY
36
45 EXPLAINING THE COLOR PURPLE
117
NOTES TO CHAPTER 4
127
METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
129
51 DISINFECTING INTROSPECTION
131
52 PAIN PLEASURE FEAR AND ANGER
144
53 COMPLEMENTARITY AND METHOD
155
NOTES TO CHAPTER 5
156
THE PRIMACY OF METHOD
159

22 SCIENCE MAPS AND MODELS
40
23 PHYSICS AND THE ONTOLOGY OF SCIENCE
55
EX GEOMETRIA SOLUM GEOMETRIA
58
NOTES TO CHAPTER 2
67
THE MANIFEST MODEL AND THE PYTHAGOREAN INTUITION
69
31 THE COMPLEMENTARITY HYPOTHESIS
70
32 THE MANIFEST MODEL
75
33 SCIENCE AS THE ESCAPE FROM SELFCENTEREDNESS
82
34 THE COUNTERINTUITIVENESS OF THE RIDDLE
94
NOTES TO CHAPTER 3
96
EXPLAINING QUALIA
97
41 QUESTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
98
42 KEYS AND THE MANIFEST MODEL
105
43 WHAT MARY AND RAY DIDNT KNOW
110
44 THE RIDDLE PRINCIPLE
115
61 WHAT WE SAY IN OUR HEARTS
161
62 SEVEN METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
166
63 THE BOTTOM LINE
178
NOTES TO CHAPTER 6
183
SOLVING THE RIDDLE OF INTENTIONALITY
185
A SCHOLASTIC EXCURSION
187
72 SELFKEYING AND SELFCENTERED COORDINATES
188
73 PAIN
192
74 ESCAPING THE CARTESIAN THEATER
202
75 COMPLEMENTARY LAST WORDS
209
NOTES TO CHAPTER 7
211
REFERENCES
213
INDEX OF NAMES
219
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
221
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