Why red doesn't sound like a bell : understanding the feel of consciousness

Author/Creator:

O'Regan, J. K.

Publication/Creation:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Why red doesn't sound like a bell : understanding the feel of consciousness / J. Kevin O'Regan

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Consciousness--Physiological aspects
Visual perception
Consciousness--physiology
Psychomotor Performance
Vision, Ocular
Visual Perception

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The catastrophe of the eye -- A new view of seeing -- Applying the new view of seeing -- The illusion of seeing everything -- Some contentious points -- Towards consciousness -- Types of consciousness -- Phenomenal consciousness, raw feel, and why they're hard -- Squeeze a sponge, drive a porsche : a sensorimotor account of feel -- Consciously experiencing a feel -- The sensorimotor approach to color -- Sensory substitution -- The localization of touch -- The phenomenality plot -- Consciousness.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990017654850302486

ISBN:

9780199775224 (hardback : alk. paper)
0199775222 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

669122337

Barcode:

010002417319