Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Philosophical Landscape on Attention
- 3 Attention, Mental Causation, and the Self
- 4 Attention, Perception, and Knowledge
- 5 Attention, Consciousness, and Habitual Behavior
- 6 Attention, Action, and Responsibility
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Mental Causation and Its Problems
- Appendix B The Conceptual History of Top-Down Attention
- Appendix C Top-Down Attention and the Brain
- Appendix D Working Memory and Attention
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Philosophical Landscape on Attention
- 3 Attention, Mental Causation, and the Self
- 4 Attention, Perception, and Knowledge
- 5 Attention, Consciousness, and Habitual Behavior
- 6 Attention, Action, and Responsibility
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Mental Causation and Its Problems
- Appendix B The Conceptual History of Top-Down Attention
- Appendix C Top-Down Attention and the Brain
- Appendix D Working Memory and Attention
- References
- Index
Summary
What is the "subject" of attention, and what is its role in the mind? This chapter serves as an overview of the arguments in the book while also providing some motivation and background. It discusses the etymological and philosophical origins of "attention"; the recent history of work on attention; the concept of the "subject," which plays a key role in the book; and the "natural method" of combining evidence from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, which is used throughout the book. This chapter should give the reader a sense of the theoretical framework and stance of the book.
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- The Attending Mind , pp. 1 - 5Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020