Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Section 1. Phenomenal consciousness: Brain, action and interaction
5. What reason could there be to believe in pre-reflective bodily self-consciousness? 3
6. Do sensory substitution devices extend the conscious mind? 19
7. The extended mind and the boundaries of perception and action 41
8. Showtime at the Cartesian Theater? 59
9. Is the function of consciousness to act as an interface? 73
10. Es are good 89
11. Section 2. Social cognition, self-control, artifacts and emotions: The role of consciousness
12. Mindshaping and the intentional control of the mind 107
13. “My mind” 125
14. Coherence of conduct and the self-image 151
15. Ulysses’ will 179
16. Bodily intentionality and social affordances in context 207
17. Seeing with the hands 227
18. Recognition of emotion in others 239
19. The Paratactic Account of propositional attitude ascription 259
20. Section 3. Historical perspectives on consciousness in interaction
21. From sensation to consciousness 289
22. Theories of consciousness in early-modern philosophy 301
23. Experience and identity of the self 311
24. Consciousness and imagination in the anthropological view of G. Vico 327
25. Consciousness and faculties in De antiquissima Italorum sapientia by Vico 337
26. Authors 355
27. References 361
28. Index 399