The Science of Subjectivity [electronic resource] /
Neisser, J.author.
Can neuroscience help explain the first-person perspective? The Science of Subjectivity delves into the nature of experience, arguing that unconscious subjectivity is a reality. Neisser identifies the biological roots of the first-person, showing how ancient systems of animal navigation enable creatures like us to cope with our worldly concerns.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Consciousness, Subjectivity, and the History of the Organism; Part I Subjectivity Considered as the First-Person Perspective; 2 Subjectivity and Reference; 3 Unconscious Subjectivity; 4 What Subjectivity Is Not; Part II Subjectivity in the Neurobiological Image; 5 Interlude: The Neurobiological Image; 6 The Science of Subjectivity: Neurobiology and Evolutionary Development; 7 Putting the Neuro in Neurophenomenology; 8 Neural Correlates of Consciousness Reconsidered
Postscript: Neurophilosophy, Darwinian Naturalism, and SubjectivityNotes; Works Cited; Index
Includes index.
Can neuroscience help explain the first-person perspective? The Science of Subjectivity delves into the nature of experience, arguing that unconscious subjectivity is a reality. Neisser identifies the biological roots of the first-person, showing how ancient systems of animal navigation enable creatures like us to cope with our worldly concerns.
Philosophy of mind.
Neuropsychology.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Phenomenology .
Philosophy of Mind.
Neuropsychology.
Community and Environmental Psychology.
Phenomenology.