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Michael Thau is an adjunct associate professor (part-time) at University of Illinois at Springfield, Department of Philosophy. Follow them to stay up to date with their professional activities in philosophy, and browse their publications such as "Consciousness and Cognition", "What is disjunctivism?", and "Undermining and admissibility".
Michael Thau September, 4th 2005 Education Ph.D. (Philosophy), Princeton University, 1998 B.A. (Philosophy and Mathematics), Temple University, 1991 Areas of Specialization Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Spinoza, Philosophy of the Body Areas of Competence
Spectrum inversion. Michael Thau - 2002 - In Consciousness and Cognition. New York: Oxford University Press. Science of Consciousness in Philosophy of Cognitive Science. The Inverted Spectrum in Philosophy of Mind. $29.95 used $103.76 new $103.77 from Amazon (collection) View on Amazon.com.
Abstract. This book maintains that our conception of consciousness and cognition begins with and depends upon a few fundamental errors. Thau elucidates these errors by discussing three important philosophical puzzles - Spectrum Inversion, Frege's Puzzle, and Black-and-White Mary - each of which concerns some aspect of either consciousness or ...
- Michael Thau
- 2002
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol. LXIX, No. 2, September 2004 Michael Thau's book challenges much of current orthodox theory about consciousness and cognition. It is an enormously stimulating tour deforce. I highly recommend it. I find it useful to think of Thau's book as an extended defense of a single
Thau's book will appeal to the casual reader interested in the proper solution of these puzzles and the nature of consciousness and cognition. The discussion of Frege's puzzle also contains important insights about the nature of linguistic communication and, hence, anyone interested in the fundamental questions in philosophy of language will ...
Dec 1, 2001 · Consciousness and Cognition. 1st Edition. by Michael Thau (Author) 5.0 2 ratings. Part of: Philosophy of Mind (38 books) See all formats and editions. Our thinking about consciousness and cognition is dominated by a certain very natural conception. This conception dictates what we take the fundamental questions about consciousness and cognition ...
- Michael Thau
