Chalmers, David John 1966-

The conscious mind : in search of a fundamental theory by David John Chalmers( Book )
33 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and held by 1,357 libraries worldwide
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the subjective life of a conscious mind? These questions are among the most hotly debated issues in science and philosophy today. Now, in The Conscious Mind, philosopher David J. Chalmers offers a cogent analysis of this debate as he lays out a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, but is still compatible with a scientific view of the world. Writing in a rigorous, thought-provoking style, the author takes us on a far-reaching tour through the philosophical ramifications of consciousness. Chalmers convincingly establishes that contemporary cognitive science and neuroscience do not begin to explain how subjective experience emerges from neural processes in the brain. He proposes that conscious experience must instead be understood in a new light - as an irreducible entity (like such physical properties as time, mass, and space) that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of simpler physical parts. In the second half of the book, he sets out on a quest for a "fundamental theory" - a theory of the basic laws governing the structure and character of conscious experience - and shows how this reconception of the mind could lead us to a new science of consciousness

The mystery of consciousness by John R Searle( Book )
24 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 506 libraries worldwide

Philosophy of mind : classical and contemporary readings by David John Chalmers( Book )
12 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 488 libraries worldwide
This is a comprehensive collection of readings in the philosophy of mind, ranging from Descartes to the leading edge of the discipline

The character of consciousness by David John Chalmers( Book )
21 editions published between 2010 and 2014 in English and held by 405 libraries worldwide
What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? Here, Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others

Constructing the world by David John Chalmers( Book )
21 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 347 libraries worldwide
David J. Chalmers constructs a highly ambitious and original picture of the world, from a few basic elements. He returns to Rudolf Carnap's attempt to do the same, and adopts the idea of scrutability - to address central themes in philosophy

Metametaphysics : new essays on the foundations of ontology by David John Chalmers( Book )
21 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 335 libraries worldwide
This volume investigates the status and ambitions of metaphysics as a discipline. It brings together many of the central figures in the debate with their most recent work on the semantics, epistemology, and methodology of metaphysics

Toward a science of consciousness III : the third Tucson discussions and debates by Tucson discussions and debates( Book )
12 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 243 libraries worldwide
"Can there be a science of consciousness? This issue has been the focus of three landmark conferences sponsored by the University of Arizona in Tucson. This volume presents a selection of invited papers from the third conference. It showcases recent progress in this maturing field by researchers from philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, phenomenology, and physics."--Jacket

PhilPapers : philosophical research online ( file )
in English and held by 155 libraries worldwide
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Using advanced trawling techniques and large scale crowdsourcing, we monitor all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics

Le mystère de la conscience by John R Searle( Book )
4 editions published in 1999 in French and held by 71 libraries worldwide

L'esprit conscient à la recherche d'une théorie fondamentale by David John Chalmers( Book )
5 editions published in 2010 in French and held by 45 libraries worldwide