Description: Ideal for courses in consciousness and the philosophy of mind, Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem: A Reader presents thirty-six classic and contemporary readings, organized into five sections that cover the major issues in this debate: the challenge for physicalism, physicalist responses, alternative responses, the significance of ignorance, and mental causation. Edited by Torin Alter and Robert J. Howell, the volume features work from such leading figures as Karen Bennett, Ned Block, David J. Chalmers, Frank Jackson, Colin McGinn, David Papineau, and many others.
Review Quotes: "An extremely well-conceived collection. One of the book's greatest strengths is the editors' choice to organize it around one of the most important problems in contemporary theorizing about consciousness--the hard problem of consciousness--and the central treatments of that problem. This book has the potential to be used in a very wide range of courses. It will have a wide readership and be a great resource for those of us who work and teach in the philosophy of mind."--Kevin Sharpe, Saint Cloud State University