Consciousness, Function, and Representation, Volume 1

Collected Papers

By: Ned Block

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This volume of Ned Block's writings collects his papers on consciousness, functionalism, and representationism. A number of these papers treat the significance of the multiple realizability of mental states for the mind-body problem--a theme that has concerned Block since the 1960s. One paper on this topic considers the upshot for the mind-body problem of the possibility of a robot that is functionally like us but physically different--as is Commander Data of "Star Trek"'s second generation. The papers on consciousness treat such conceptual issues as phenomenal versus access consciousness, Dennett's theory of consciousness, and the function of consciousness, as well as such empirical matters as "How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness," and (in an expanded version of a paper originally in "Trends in Cognitive Sciences") an argument that there are distinct neural correlates for access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness. Turning to the mind-body problem, Block defends physicalism against Max Black's argument concerning phenomenal modes of presentation. The papers on representationism consider "mental paint" as well as the "Inverted Earth" thought experiment--a world in which colors are reversed but there is a compensating reversal in the words that are used to describe them. "Consciousness, Function, and Representation," bringing together papers that have appeared primarily in journals and conference proceedings, can be regarded as Block's most complete statement of his positions on consciousness.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Philosophy of The Mind Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Cognitivism, Cognitive Theory

Introduction: Remarks on Chauvinism and the Mind-Body Problem	p. 1
Functionalism	p. 13
Functionalism	p. 15
What Is Functionalism?	p. 27
What Psychological States Are Not, with J. Fodor	p. 45
Troubles with Functionalism	p. 63
What Intuitions about Homunculi Do Not Show	p. 103
Concepts of Consciousness	p. 109
Consciousness	p. 111
Review of Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained	p. 129
What Is Dennett's Theory a Theory Of?	p. 141
On a Confusion about a Function of Consciousness	p. 159
How Many Concepts of Consciousness?	p. 215
Biology versus Computation in the Study of Consciousness	p. 249
Ridiculing Social Constructivism about Phenomenal Consciousness	p. 269
Concepts of Consciousness	p. 275
Empirical Approaches to Consciousness	p. 297
How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness	p. 299
Paradox and Cross-Purposes in Recent Work on Consciousness	p. 311
Spatial Perception via Tactile Sensation	p. 339
Two Neural Correlates of Consciousness	p. 343
Review of Alva Noe, Action in Perception	p. 363
Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem	p. 377
Are Absent Qualia Impossible?	p. 379
The Harder Problem of Consciousness	p. 397
Max Black's Objection to Mind-Body Identity	p. 435
Consciousness and Representation	p. 499
Qualia	p. 501
Inverted Earth	p. 511
Mental Paint	p. 533
Sexism, Racism, Ageism, and the Nature of Consciousness	p. 571
Is Experiencing Just Representing?	p. 603
Bodily Sensations as an Obstacle for Representationism	p. 611
Name Index	p. 617
Subject Index	p. 625
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