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TITLE: UNBOUNDED
COUNSCIOUSNESS : Qualia,
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TITLE: UNBOUNDED
COUNSCIOUSNESS : Qualia,
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| DESCRIPTION: The enigma of consciousness
has fascinated psychologists and philosophers alike. More recently it
has been the turn of neuroscientists and physicists (such as Roger Penrose
in his bestseller The Emperor's New Mind) to engage with the subject.
The study of consciousness has tended to fall into two problems: the mind-body
problem (how can a physical entity give rise to mental events) and the
mind-mind problem (concerned with understanding the qualitative aspects
of consciousness - the way coffee smells, the way red looks). They are
generally regarded as two separate problems. Ming Singer is interested
in the qualitative aspects of consciousness (known by the philosophical
term qualia) In Unbounded Consciousness she puts forward an original and
integrative theory of consciousness that argues for the inseparability
of qualitative and non-qualitative aspects and for the restoration of
the concept of psyche. Ming Singer's clear and comprehensive account will
be of interest to students and academics in psychology, philosophy, neuroscience,
physics, and to the general reader.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ming Singer is
Associate Professor at Caterbury University, New Zealand
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