TY  - BOOK
AU  - Snider,Pietro
TI  - The Natural Problem of Consciousness
T2  - Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind ,
SN  - 9783110526967
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - Consciousness
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Leib-Seele-Problem
KW  - Mentale Verursachung
KW  - Natürliche Auslese
KW  - Phänomenales Bewusstsein
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - mental causation
KW  - mind-body problem
KW  - natural selection
KW  - phenomenal consciousness
N1  - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Funding --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Metaphysical Problem of Consciousness --; 3. The Natural Problem of Consciousness --; 4. Consciousness as Feeling. Defining Criteria --; 5. Working Out Diachronic Claims --; 6. Why Do We Feel? --; 7. A Hypothetical Biological Function of Feeling --; 8. Causation and the Conscious Mind --; Appendix: Objections and Replies --; Bibliography --; Name Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The “Natural Problem of Consciousness” is the problem of understanding why there are presently conscious beings at all. Given a non-reductive naturalist framework taking consciousness as an ontologically subjective biological phenomenon, how can we rationally explain the fact that the actual world has turned out to be one where there are presently living beings that can feel, rather than having developed as a zombie-world in which there would be no conscious experiences of any kind? This book introduces the Natural Problem by relating it to central problems in the philosophy of mind (metaphysical mind-body problem, Hard Problem of consciousness) and emphasizing the distinctive interest of its diachronic dimension. Ranging from philosophy to biology and neuroscience, it offers a thorough analysis aimed at better understanding what could explain why phenomenal consciousness has been preserved throughout evolution by natural selection. This is an original, engaging, and thought provoking philosophical study of a neglected but fundamental question regarding the nature and origin of consciousness
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525571
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110525571
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ER  -