Cover: Consciousness in Action, from Harvard University PressCover: Consciousness in Action in PAPERBACK

Consciousness in Action

Product Details

PAPERBACK

Print on Demand

$50.00 • £43.95 • €45.95

ISBN 9780674007963

Publication Date: 05/03/2002

Short

520 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

32 illustrations, 8 tables

World

Add to Cart

Media Requests:

Related Subjects

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Reappearing Self
  • I. Action and the Unity of Consciousness
    • 1. Three Mistakes about Consciousness
    • 2. Self-Consciousness, Spontaneity, and the Myth of the Giving
    • 3. Unity, Objectivity, and Norms
    • 4. Nonconceptual Self-Consciousness: Perspective, Access, and Agency
    • 5. Unity, Neuropsychology, and Action
  • II. Perception and Action
    • 6. Wittgenstein on Practice and the Myth of the Giving
    • 7. Content and Environment: Parallels between Perception and Action
    • 8. Perception, Dynamic Feedback, and Externalism
    • 9. Neuropsychology versus the Input–Output Picture
    • 10. Alternative Views of Perception and Action
  • Appendix: Outline of the Arguments
  • Bibliography
  • Credits
  • Index

Awards & Accolades

  • 1998 Association of American Publishers PSP Award for Excellence, Philosophy and Religion Category

Share This

Democracy’s Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times, by Michael J. Sandel, from Harvard University Press

Recent News

Black lives matter. Black voices matter. A statement from HUP »

From Our Blog

Photograph of the book Fearless Women against red/white striped background

A Conversation with Elizabeth Cobbs about Fearless Women

For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the work of Elizabeth Cobbs, whose new book Fearless Women shows how the movement for women’s rights has been deeply entwined with the history of the United States since its founding. Cobbs traces the lives of pathbreaking women who, inspired by American ideals, fought for the cause in their own ways…