Table of Contents

1. Introduction: philosophical history and the problem of consciousness; 2. Structuralism and content in the protocol sentence debate; 3. Husserl and Schlick on the logical form of experience; 4. Ryle on sensation and the origin of the identity theory; 5. Functionalism and logical analysis; 6. Consciousness, language, and the opening of philosophical critique.

Promotional Information

The problem of explaining consciousness remains a problem about the meaning of language.

About the Author

Paul M. Livingston is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University.

Reviews

"It would be amiss not to commend Philosophical History and the Problem of Consciousness for its deft description of the details and differentiations of the various analytic theories of mind and its adroit articulation of the methodological and theoretical tenets of analytic accounts of consciousness." Majid Amini, Virginia State University