Dreaming
By: Norman Malcolm
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sleep and Dreams; Routledge Library Editions: Sleep and Dreams -- Volume 5
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781315315522
Subjects: Dreams; Sleep; Rêves; Sommeil; PSYCHOLOGY; History
Notes: "Originally published in 1959, with some corrections in 1962, the author examines the common view at the time that dreams are mental activities or mental occurrences taking place during sleep. He starts off by offering a proof that the sentence 'I am asleep' is a senseless form of words and cannot express a judgment. After commenting on various features of the concept of sleep, the author expands his argument to prove that the notion of making any judgment at all while asleep is without sense. He takes the further step of showing that this same conclusion holds for all other mental acts and mental occurrences, with the exception of dreams."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Introduction; title: chapter 2 Asserting That One is Asleep; title: chapter 3 Judging That One is Asleep; title: chapter 4 A Comparison of 'I Am Asleep' and 'I Am in Pain'; title: chapter 5 Two Objections; title: chapter 6 The Criteria of Sleep; title: chapter 7 Phenomena Resembling Sleep; title: chapter 8 Sound Asleep; title: chapter 9 Judgments in Sleep; title: chapter 10 Application to Other Mental Phenomena; title: chapter 11 Dreaming as an Exception; title: chapter 12 The Concept of Dreaming; title: chapter 13 Temporal Location and Duration of Dreams; title: chapter 14 A Queer Phenomenon; title: chapter 15 Continuity between Dreams and Waking Life; title: chapter 16 Dreams and Scepticism; title: chapter 17 The Principle of Coherence; title: chapter 18 Do I Know I am Awake?