Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Consciousness

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Abstract
• I. Resistance to the Problem
• II. Consciousness as a Biological Problem
• III. Identifying the Target: The Definition of Consciousness
• IV. The Essential Feature of Consciousness: The Combination of Qualitativeness, Subjectivity and Unity
• Qualitativeness
• Subjectivity
• Unity
• V. Some Other Features
• Feature 2: Intentionality
• Feature 3: The Distinction Between Center and Periphery of Attention
• Feature 4: All Human Conscious Experiences Are in Some Mood or Other
• Feature 5: All Conscious States Come to Us in the Pleasure/Unpleasure Dimension
• Feature 6: Gestalt Structure
• Feature 7: Familiarity
• VI. The Traditional Mind-Body Problem and How to Avoid It
• VII. How Did We Get Into This Mess? A Historical Digression
• VIII. Summary Of The Argument To This Point
• IX. The Scientific Study of Consciousness
• X.The Standard Approach to Consciousness: The Building Block Model
• 1. Blindsight
• 2. Binocular Rivalry and Gestalt Switching
• 3. The Neural Correlates of Vision
• XI. Doubts about the Building Block Theory
• XII. Basal consciousness and a unified field theory
• VARIATIONS ON THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY
• Conclusion
• Note