Consciousness as Complex Event: Towards a New Physicalism provides
a new approach to the study of consciousness. The author argues
that what makes phenomenal experiences mysterious is that these
experiences are extremely complex brain events. The text provides
an accessible introduction to descriptive complexity (also known as
Kolmogorov Complexity) and then applies this to show that the most
influential arguments against physicalism about consciousness are
unsound. The text also offers an accessible review of the current
debates about consciousness and introduces a rigorous new
conception of physicalism. It concludes with a positive program for
the future study of phenomenal experience. It is readable and
compact and will be of interest to philosophers and cognitive
scientists, and of value to advanced students of philosophy. Key
Features Provides a new approach to the study of consciousness,
using information theory. Offers a valuable discussion of
physicalism, of use in other disciplines. Contains an introduction
to the main literature and arguments in the debate about
consciousness. Includes an accessible overview of how to apply
descriptive complexity to philosophical problems.
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