Science and the Riddle of Consciousness

Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest, and dozens of books have been written in recent years to explain it, yet it still remains a mystery. Science and the Riddle of Consciousness explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved.
The questions examined in the book speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

Zusammenfassung

From the reviews:

`[...] Foss has produced an excellent book from which consciousness researchers can profit.'
Philosophia, 31:1-2 (October 2003)

"Professor Foss has written not just one book but sketched two in outline. Ostensively his task is to show how one might study matters of consciousness in a scientifically responsible manner. ... Foss has written a most exciting work. It is both rigorously argued and fun to read. Foss's book should earn him a place with the likes of Daniel Dennett and Owen Flanagan - high praise indeed." (Paul A. Wagner, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. LVI (223), 2003)

Inhalt
1 The Place of Consciousness in Science.- 2 The Scientific Model and the Genesis of the Riddle.- 3 The Manifest Model and the Pythagorean Intuition.- 4 Explaining Qualia.- 5 Methodological Foundations of the Science of Consciousness.- 6 The Primacy of Method.- 7 Solving the Riddle of Intentionality.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.