The Routledge Handbook of Consciousness

507 Pages·2018·4.66 MB·English

by  Rocco J. Gennaro

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
OF CONSCIOUSNESS
There has been an explosion of work on consciousness in the last 30–40 years from philosophers,
psychologists, and neurologists. Thus, there is a need for an interdisciplinary, comprehensive
volume in the field that brings together contributions from a wide range of experts on fun-
damental and cutting-edge topics. The Routledge Handbook of Consciousness fills this need and
makes each chapter’s importance understandable to students and researchers from a variety of
backgrounds. Designed to complement and better explain primary sources, this volume is a
valuable “first-stop” publication for undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in any course
on “Consciousness,” “Philosophy of Mind,” or “Philosophy of Psychology,” as well as a valuable
handbook for researchers in these fields who want a useful reference to have close at hand. The
34 chapters, all published here for the first time, are divided into three parts:
• Part I covers the “History and Background Metaphysics” of consciousness, such as dualism,
materialism, free will, and personal identity, and includes a chapter on Indian philosophy.
• Part II is on specific “Contemporary Theories of Consciousness,” with chapters on rep-
resentational, information integration, global workspace, attention-based, and quantum
theories.
• Part III is entitled “Major Topics in Consciousness Research,” with chapters on psycho-
pathologies, dreaming, meditation, time, action, emotion, multisensory experience, animal
and robot consciousness, and the unity of consciousness.
Each chapter begins with a brief introduction and concludes with a list of “Related Topics,” as
well as a list of “References,” making the volume indispensable for the newcomer and experi-
enced researcher alike.
Rocco J. Gennaro is Professor of Philosophy and Chairperson of the Philosophy Department
at the University of Southern Indiana. Two of his more recent books are The Consciousness
Paradox: Consciousness, Concepts, and Higher-Order Thoughts (2012) and Consciousness (Routledge,
2017). He is also editor of Disturbed Consciousness: New Essays on Psychopathology and Theories of
Consciousness (2015).
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THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Edited by Rocco J. Gennaro
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CONTENTS
List of Figures ix
List of Contributors x
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
Rocco J. Gennaro
PART I
Consciousness: History and Background Metaphysics 9
1 Consciousness, Personal Identity, and Immortality 11
Amy Kind
2 Consciousness in Western Philosophy 24
Larry M. Jorgensen
3 Materialism 38
Janet Levin
4 Dualism 51
William S. Robinson
5 Idealism, Panpsychism, and Emergentism: The Radical Wing
of Consciousness Studies 64
William Seager
6 Consciousness, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility 78
Gregg D. Caruso
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Contents
7 Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem in Indian Philosophy 92
Christian Coseru
PART II
Contemporary Theories of Consciousness 105
8 Representational Theories of Consciousness 107
Rocco J. Gennaro
9 The Global Workspace Theory 122
Bernard J. Baars and Adam Alonzi
10 Integrated Information Theory 137
Francis Fallon
11 The Multiple Drafts Model 149
Francis Fallon and Andrew Brook
12 The Intermediate Level Theory of Consciousness 162
David Barrett
13 The Attention Schema Theory of Consciousness 174
Michael S. Graziano
14 Biological Naturalism and Biological Realism 188
Antti Revonsuo
15 Sensorimotor and Enactive Approaches to Consciousness 202
Erik Myin and Victor Loughlin
16 Quantum Theories of Consciousness 216
Paavo Pylkkänen
PART III
Major Topics in Consciousness Research 233
17 The Neural Correlates of Consciousness 235
Valerie Gray Hardcastle and Vicente Raja
18 Consciousness and Attention 248
Wayne Wu
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Contents Contents
Contents
19 Consciousness and Intentionality 260
David Pitt
20 Consciousness and Conceptualism 271
Philippe Chuard
21 Consciousness, Time, and Memory 286
Ian Phillips
22 Consciousness and Action 298
Shaun Gallagher
23 Consciousness and Emotion 310
Demian Whiting
24 Multisensory Consciousness and Synesthesia 322
Berit Brogaard and Elijah Chudnoff
25 Consciousness and Psychopathology 337
Rocco J. Gennaro
26 Post-Comatose Disorders of Consciousness 351
Andrew Peterson and Tim Bayne
27 The Unity of Consciousness 366
Elizabeth Schechter
28 The Biological Evolution of Consciousness 379
Corey J. Maley and Gualtiero Piccinini
29 Animal Consciousness 388
Sean Allen-Hermanson
30 Robot Consciousness 408
Jonathan Waskan
31 Consciousness and Dreams: From Self-Simulation to the
Simulation of a Social World 420
Jennifer M. Windt
32 Meditation and Consciousness: Can We Experience
Experience as Broken? 436
Jake H. Davis
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33 Consciousness and End of Life Ethical Issues 449
Adina L. Roskies
34 Consciousness and Experimental Philosophy 463
Chad Gonnerman
Index 477
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FIGURES
8.1 The Higher-Order Thought (HOT) Theory of Consciousness 112
9.1 Examples of Possible Binding and Broadcasting in the Cortico-Thalamic Core 128
14.1 The Multilevel Framework 194
16.1 Quantum Potential for Two Gaussian Slits 224
16.2 Trajectories for Two Gaussian Slits 225
18.1 Illusion by Peter Tse 255
20.1 Fineness of Grain Example 275
24.1 Line Drawing of a Rectangle 327
24.2 Occluded Dog 327
24.3 The Müller-Lyer Illusion 328
24.4 Incomplete Drawing of a Dog 328
24.5 The Stroop Effect 331
24.6 Jackpot Figure 332
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