The Case for Qualia presents a lucid, convincing defense of the phenomenal character of experience. The contributors put forward strong philosophical arguments, backed up with solid empirical evidence, to show that phenomenal qualitative subjectivity is an undeniably real -- and probably the most significant -- feature of our conscious minds. The case for qualia is now stronger than ever: with this volume, qualia make the long-awaited comeback into the very center of philosophical debate on the mind. -- Antti Revonsuo, Professor of Psychology, University of Turku, Finland, and author of Inner Presence: Consciousness as a Biological Phenomenon (MIT Press, 2006) Though not a lover of qualia myself, I think that this volume is a valuable collection of arguments for the other side. -- Jack Smart, School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University
Edmond Wright is the editor of New Representationalisms: Essays in the Philosophy of Perception and the author of Narrative, Perception, Language, and Faith. Terence Horgan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. George Graham is a Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Matjaž Potrc is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana. John Smythies was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and at the Neurology Institute in London with appointments at Harvard and at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is one of the pre-eminent researchers who studies the neurochemistry of schizophrenia and mental illness. Diana Raffman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Ohio State University.
"The Case for Qualia presents a lucid, convincing defense of the phenomenal character of experience. The contributors put forward strong philosophical arguments, backed up with solid empirical evidence, to show that phenomenal qualitative subjectivity is an undeniably real---and probably the most significant---feature of our conscious minds. The case for qualia is now stronger than ever: with this volume, qualia make the long-awaited comeback into the very center of philosophical debate on the mind."-- Antti Revonsuo, Professor of Psychology, University of Turku, Finland, and author of Inner Presence: Consciousness as a Biological Phenomenon (MIT Press, 2006) "Though not a lover of qualia myself, I think that this volume is a valuable collection of arguments for the other side."--Jack Smart, School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University -- John Smart "Though not a lover of qualia myself, I think that this volume is a valuable collection of arguments for the other side." Jack Smart , School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University
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