{"product_id":"the-conscious-brain-how-attention-engenders-experience-9780190218959","title":"The Conscious Brain: How Attention Engenders Experience","description":"The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, \u003cem\u003eThe Conscious Brain\u003c\/em\u003e advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrinz's account of consciousness makes two main claims: first consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the intermediate level, and, second, consciousness depends on attention. Attention changes the flow of information allowing perceptual information to access\u003cbr\u003ememory systems. Neurobiologically, this change in flow depends on synchronized neural firing. Neural synchrony is also implicated in the unity of consciousness and in the temporal duration of experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrinz also explores the limits of consciousness. We have no direct experience of our thoughts, no experience of motor commands, and no experience of a conscious self. All consciousness is perceptual, and it functions to make perceptual information available to systems that allows for flexible\u003cbr\u003ebehavior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrinz concludes by discussing prevailing philosophical puzzles. He provides a neuroscientifically grounded response to the leading argument for dualism, and argues that materialists need not choose between functional and neurobiological approaches, but can instead combine these into neurofunctional\u003cbr\u003eresponse to the mind-body problem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Conscious Brain\u003c\/em\u003e brings neuroscientific evidence to bear on enduring philosophical questions, while also surveying, challenging, and extending philosophical and scientific theories of consciousness. All readers interested in the nature of consciousness will find Prinz's work of great interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse J. Prinz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190218959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJesse J. Prinz\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39988405600371,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_065ff3cd-9ffd-453e-804e-4f778bf543b6.jpg?v=1649771173","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-conscious-brain-how-attention-engenders-experience-9780190218959","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}