States of Consciousness: The Pulses of ExperienceStates of Consciousness extends Thomas Natsoulas' development of the psychology of consciousness by giving sustained attention to the stream of consciousness and its component 'pulses of experience'. Natsoulas' unrivalled scholarship across psychology, philosophy and cognate fields means that very often surprising connections are made between the works of leading theorists of consciousness, including Brentano, Mead, Bergmann, Strawson, James, Freud, Skinner, Hebb, Gibson, O'Shaughnessy and Woodruff Smith. At a time when interest in consciousness and the brain is growing rapidly, this book provides an in-depth analysis of sophisticated psychological accounts that pertain to consciousness. Its breadth of coverage and interdisciplinary nature will be of interest to postgraduates and specialists in a range of fields, particularly the history of psychology and philosophy of mind. |
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activity apprehended attention belonging Bergmann brain process Brentano causal conceived conscious psychical processes considered consists dualist interactionism effect ence engaged environment example existence experiential pulses explain fact feeling firsthand Freud function Gibson Hebb Hebb's inner awareness instance of consciousness instantiated intentional objects intrinsic introspection James's kind latter means mental acts mental occurrences mind Natsoulas ness neurons neutral monism occurrent awareness omega processes one's brain one's consciousness one's experiences one's experiential stream one's mental one's personal consciousness one's stream oneself pain parallelists perception-consciousness subsystem perceptual awareness phenomenon physical position present produced proposed psychical apparatus psychologists pulses of experience pure experience Rachlin radical behaviorism radical behaviorists radical-behaviorist reference regard relation respect riences scientific sciousness sense sensory perceiving sensory receptors sensory-perceptual awareness sensory-perceptual experiences sensory-perceptual systems Skinner stimulation Strawson stream of consciousness taking place theoretical theorist thereby therein thereof time-gap tion transpire uncon unconscious psychical processes visual-perceptual awareness