Artificial intelligence and cognitive science: Vol 3. Consciousness and emotion in cognitive science: conceptual and empirical issues

It is widely agreed that consciousness does not name any single cognitive phenomenon. It names different phenomena that belong to several levels of cognition, from the very basic or low ones, such as visual or auditory perception, to the higher ones, such as decision making, problem solving, and self-referential thinking. However, the gathering of distinct phenomena under that single label is not an accident. What unifies the range of cognitive wares in this diverse outlet is that central yet elusive notion of the availability of some feeling or subjective experience. This anthology of landmark essays includes contributions from long-established writers and influential newcomers.

Table of contents :

Introduction ..... vii

Consciousness: Conceptual Issues

Two Concepts of Consciousness    David M. Rosenthal ..... 1

What Is Consciousness'    Norton Nelkin ..... 33

Consciousness as Internal Monitoring, I    William G. Lycan ..... 49

The Problem of Consciousness    Francis Crick and Christof Koch ..... 63

Consciousness: Empirical Issues

Images and Subjectivity: Neurobiological Trials and Tribulations    Antonio R. Damasio and Hanna Damasio ..... 71

Consciousness and the Natural Method    Owen Flanagan ..... 85

Consciousness: Explanatory Issues

The Evolution of Consciousness    Daniel C. Dennett ..... 99

The Rediscovery of Light    Paul M. Churchland ..... 121

Consciousness, Explanatory Inversion, and Cognitive Science    John R. Searle ..... 139

Epiphenomenal Qualia    Frank Jackson ..... 197

Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness    David J. Chalmers ..... 207

Emotion

Explaining Emotions    Paul O'Rorke and Andrew Ortony ..... 229

Motives, Mechanisms, and Emotions    Aaron Sloman ..... 271

Basic Emotions, Rationality, and Folk Theory    P.N. Johnson-Laird and Keith Oatley ..... 289

Acknowledgments ..... 313