Agency and Self-Awareness: Issues in Philosophy and Psychology (Consciousness & Self-Consciousness Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199245622 ISBN 13: 9780199245628

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 2003

Synopsis

In recent years there has been much psychological and neurological work purporting to show that consciousness and self-awareness play no role in causing actions, and indeed to demonstrate that free will is an illusion. The essays in this volume subject the assumptions that motivate such claims to sustained interdisciplinary scrutiny. The book will be compulsory reading for psychologists and philosophers working on action explanation, and for anyone interested in the relation between the brain sciences and consciousness.

About this title

About the Author:

Johannes Roessler is in the Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick. Naomi Eilan is in the Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick.

Review:

`Overall they have produced a book that provides a valuable service to those working on the mechanisms that control our actions and on the sources of our knowledge of our actions.'
The Philosophical Quarterly

`This collection of seventeen essays, plus an excellent editor's introduction, is noteworthy in the interdisciplinary stance taken. Containing cutting-edge contributions from both philosophers and psychologists, it will be valuable to students and practitioners of both disciplines. This
cross-fertilisation of ideas is both instructive and a pleasure to see. Philosophers have much to learn from their colleagues in psychology departments, and vice versa ... Whichever side of the divide one is on, one cannot fail to learn from the way in which this interaction has been carried out ...
this fascinating volume of essays ... will repay serious attention ... provides an excellent addition to a growing interdisciplinary field. Those interested in either the philosophical or psychological aspects of action will find it a great source of stimulating material.'
Human Nature Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0199245622
• ISBN 13: 9780199245628
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Roessler Johannes, Eilan Naomi