Illustrations from "
Consciousness: An Introduction" by
Susan Blackmore (Hodder, 2003)
.png "The Chasm - An impassable chasm that exists between the subjective and objective world")
The Chasm
An impassable chasm that exists between the subjective and objective world
.png "Chalmer's Zombie Twin - Which one is the zombie?")
Chalmer's Zombie Twin
Which one is the zombie?
.png "What is IT? -")
What is IT?
.png "Searchlight in the Attic - Attention keeps jumping from one object to the next")
Searchlight in the Attic
Attention keeps jumping from one object to the next
.png "Ghost in the Machine - Cartesian dualism that suggests our subjective is an immutable spirit living in a purely mechanical body")
Ghost in the Machine
Cartesian dualism that suggests our subjective is an immutable spirit living in a purely mechanical body
.png "Beer Qualia - What is the experience of drinking beer and how can it be reduced or compared between individuals?")
Beer Qualia
What is the experience of drinking beer and how can it be reduced or compared between individuals?
.png "Mary Thought Experiment - What would Mary experience if she grew up all her life without the colour red and was then given a red rose? Would she already have a concept of the colour?")
Mary Thought Experiment
What would Mary experience if she grew up all her life without the colour red and was then given a red rose? Would she already have a concept of the colour?
.png "The Cartesian Theatre - Descartes' theory would require a physical interface between the ghost and machine, like a homunculus living in our brains watching everything - but this doesn't solve the physical/subjective barrier problem")
The Cartesian Theatre
Descartes' theory would require a physical interface between the ghost and machine, like a homunculus living in our brains watching everything - but this doesn't solve the physical/subjective barrier problem
.png "Illusory Contours - Do you see a cube? Well it's just some negative space that makes you join up the lines in your head")
Illusory Contours
Do you see a cube? Well it's just some negative space that makes you join up the lines in your head
.png "Multiple Dan Dennetts - When you look at an array of identical pictures you will be able to say there are 18 Dan Dennetts without your eyes scanning each picture, so your brain must be filling in some gaps (tested by making small alterations to one of the images)")
Multiple Dan Dennetts
When you look at an array of identical pictures you will be able to say there are 18 Dan Dennetts without your eyes scanning each picture, so your brain must be filling in some gaps (tested by making small alterations to one of the images)
.png "Blind Spot Pebbles - Cover your right eye, stare at the dot on the right and move your head until the grey area covers your blind spot. Your brain will fill in the blind spot - but how? Is it creating new pebbles?")
Blind Spot Pebbles
Cover your right eye, stare at the dot on the right and move your head until the grey area covers your blind spot. Your brain will fill in the blind spot - but how? Is it creating new pebbles?
.png "Cross-over Wiring of Human Brain - Layout of the optic nerves & such")
Cross-over Wiring of Human Brain
Layout of the optic nerves & such
.jpg "The Chasm - An impassable chasm that exists between the subjective and objective world")
.jpg "Chalmer's Zombie Twin - Which one is the zombie?")
.jpg "What is IT? -")
.jpg "Searchlight in the Attic - Attention keeps jumping from one object to the next")
.jpg "Ghost in the Machine - Cartesian dualism that suggests our subjective is an immutable spirit living in a purely mechanical body")
.jpg "Beer Qualia - What is the experience of drinking beer and how can it be reduced or compared between individuals?")
.jpg "Mary Thought Experiment - What would Mary experience if she grew up all her life without the colour red and was then given a red rose? Would she already have a concept of the colour?")
.jpg "The Cartesian Theatre - Descartes' theory would require a physical interface between the ghost and machine, like a homunculus living in our brains watching everything - but this doesn't solve the physical/subjective barrier problem")
.jpg "Illusory Contours - Do you see a cube? Well it's just some negative space that makes you join up the lines in your head")
.jpg "Multiple Dan Dennetts - When you look at an array of identical pictures you will be able to say there are 18 Dan Dennetts without your eyes scanning each picture, so your brain must be filling in some gaps (tested by making small alterations to one of the images)")
.jpg "Blind Spot Pebbles - Cover your right eye, stare at the dot on the right and move your head until the grey area covers your blind spot. Your brain will fill in the blind spot - but how? Is it creating new pebbles?")
.jpg "Cross-over Wiring of Human Brain - Layout of the optic nerves & such")