Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity
Metzinger, Thomas
From Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller Since October 20, 2005
Quantity: 1From Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller Since October 20, 2005
Quantity: 1About this Item
Slight wear to spine. Fading to cover edges. Fading/scratches/some creases to dustjacket. Content very good. Seller Inventory # 136371-6
Bibliographic Details
Title: Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of ...
Publisher: Bradford Books
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
About this title
According to Thomas Metzinger, no such things as selves exist in the world: nobody ever had or was a self. All that exists are phenomenal selves, as they appear in conscious experience. The phenomenal self, however, is not a thing but an ongoing process; it is the content of a "transparent self-model." In Being No One, Metzinger, a German philosopher, draws strongly on neuroscientific research to present a representationalist and functional analysis of what a consciously experienced first-person perspective actually is. Building a bridge between the humanities and the empirical sciences of the mind, he develops new conceptual toolkits and metaphors; uses case studies of unusual states of mind such as agnosia, neglect, blindsight, and hallucinations; and offers new sets of multilevel constraints for the concept of consciousness. Metzinger's central question is: How exactly does strong, consciously experienced subjectivity emerge out of objective events in the natural world? His epistemic goal is to determine whether conscious experience, in particular the experience of being someone that results from the emergence of a phenomenal self, can be analyzed on subpersonal levels of description. He also asks if and how our Cartesian intuitions that subjective experiences as such can never be reductively explained are themselves ultimately rooted in the deeper representational structure of our conscious minds.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Store Description
Mastercard, Visa, VisaDelta, Electron, Switch, Solo, cards accepted. Also cash and Sterling Checks (GBP Cheques). If you wish to pay via Switch/Maestro please ensure you enter in the start date and the issue number in the shopping basket. Alternatively you can enter in the information in the special intrusions field during the shopping basket.
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
Payment Methods
accepted by seller