The Essential Writings. A copy that has been read but remains intact. Internal SKU: I23B-04618. Publisher: State University of New York Press Jun 30 1984.
Notes: Item in very good condition!
This textbook is the required reading for the core curriculum course.
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Ways of Worldmaking. Title : Ways of Worldmaking. Authors : Goodman, Nelson.
How can one think about nothing at all (for example Pegasus, the mythical flying horse)?. Is thinking about oneself special?. Why not?R. Sainsbury and Tye argue that although thought is special, there is no special mystery attaching to the nature of thought.
The Consciousness Paradox: Consciousness, Concepts, and Higher-Order Thoughts is a comprehensive defense of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness.
A nice touch in this textbook is the chapter-opening vignettes that hook your interest.
Rather than dismissing hedonism as the philosophy of libertines, Feldman demonstrates that when carefully and charitably interpreted, certain sophisticated forms deserve serious consideration as substantive theories about what makes life worth living.
To make his case, Rychlak applies the elegant tenets of Logical Learning Theory, a decades-long study of how the mind works. Scholars have recently acknowledged the lack of an adequate vocabulary for understanding consciousness and they will find suggestions for that critical vocabulary in this work.
