Russell Hurlburt
Describing Inner Experience?: Proponent Meets Skeptic
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262516495
- author:
- Russell Hurlburt
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 5.70 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.70 (d)
- Genre:
- Mind, Philosophy of
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic by Russell Hurlburt and Eric Schwitzgebel explores the possibility of accurately reporting our own conscious experience. A psychologist and philosopher with differing views, they discuss the reliability of introspection in general and the specific self-reported inner experiences of a subject interviewed using the Descriptive Experience Sampling method. The authors present a nuanced debate on the topic, tempered by their discussions with a subject who reported her conscious experience using this method. The book delves into the heart of this dispute through Melanie's accounts, Hurlburt and Schwitzgebel's interviews with her, and their subsequent debates while studying the transcripts of the interviews. Transcripts and audio files of the interviews are available on the MIT Press website, providing readers with a unique insight into the authors' discussion.
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