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Robert J. Howell offers a new account of the relationship between conscious experience and the physical world, based on a neo-Cartesian notion of the physical and careful consideration of three anti-materialist arguments. His theory of subjective physicalism reconciles the data of consciousness with the advantages of a monistic, physical ontology.
A clear account of how consciousness could be physical even if we can't fully know it from an objective standpoint. Howell shows that there is still much to be discussed in what might look like well-worn territory, and his book is deserving of attention . . . I think this is the best version of the supervenience approach currently on the market.
The book is aimed at professional philosophers . . . and its breezy, informal (by academic standards) tone make the book a pleasant read.
Consciousness and the Limits of Objectivity is carefully argued, clear, full of creative insights, and advances a number of debates. It should be read by anyone with an interest in physicalism, consciousness, and the limits of objective understanding.
Short, sharply-focused, and well-written, this volume develops an improved version of supervenience-based physicalism . . . an excellent addition to the literature on the hard problem of consciousness . . . Highly recommended.
Robert J. Howell received his Ph.D. In philosophy from Brown University in 2002. He is an Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University, and has published numerous articles on the mind-body problem, self-knowledge, and issues in epistemology. He is the co-author, with Torin Alter, of A Dialogue on Consciousness (OUP, 2009) and The God Dialogues (OUP 2011), and has also co-edited Consciousness and the Mind Body Problem: A Reader (OUP, 2011), with Torin Alter.
A clear account of how consciousness could be physical even if we can't fully know it from an objective standpoint. Howell shows that there is still much to be discussed in what might look like well-worn territory, and his book is deserving of attention . . . I think this is the best version of the supervenience approach currently on the market.
The book is aimed at professional philosophers . . . and its breezy, informal (by academic standards) tone make the book a pleasant read.
Consciousness and the Limits of Objectivity is carefully argued, clear, full of creative insights, and advances a number of debates. It should be read by anyone with an interest in physicalism, consciousness, and the limits of objective understanding.
Short, sharply-focused, and well-written, this volume develops an improved version of supervenience-based physicalism . . . an excellent addition to the literature on the hard problem of consciousness . . . Highly recommended.
Robert J. Howell received his Ph.D. In philosophy from Brown University in 2002. He is an Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University, and has published numerous articles on the mind-body problem, self-knowledge, and issues in epistemology. He is the co-author, with Torin Alter, of A Dialogue on Consciousness (OUP, 2009) and The God Dialogues (OUP 2011), and has also co-edited Consciousness and the Mind Body Problem: A Reader (OUP, 2011), with Torin Alter.