Dan Zahavi

What is a self? Does it exist in reality or is it a mere social constructor is it perhaps a neurologically induced illusion? The legitimacy of the concept of the self has been questioned by both neuroscientists and philosophers in recent years. Countering this, in Subjectivity and Selfhood, Dan Zahavi argues that the notion of self is crucial for a proper understanding of consciousness. He investigates the interrelationships of experience, self-awareness, and selfhood, proposing that none of these three notions can be understood in isolation. Any investigation of the self, Zahavi argues, must take the first-person perspective seriously and focus on the experiential givenness of the self. Subjectivity and Selfhood explores a number of phenomenological analyses pertaining to the nature of consciousness, self, and self-experience in light of contemporary discussions in consciousness research.Philosophical phenomenologyas developed by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and othersnot only addresses crucial issues often absent from current debates over consciousness but also provides a conceptual framework for understanding subjectivity. Zahavi fills the needgiven the recent upsurge in theoretical and empirical interest in subjectivityfor an account of the subjective or phenomenal dimension of consciousness that is accessible to researchers and students from a variety of disciplines. His aim is to use phenomenological analyses to clarify issues of central importance to philosophy of mind, cognitive science, developmental psychology, and psychiatry. By engaging in a dialogue with other philosophical and empirical positions, says Zahavi, phenomenology can demonstrate its vitality and contemporary relevance.

"La mente fenomenológica" presenta la primera introducción a las cuestiones fundamentales sobre la mente desde la perspectiva de la fenomenología. Incluye los siguientes temas: ¿Qué es la fenomenologia? La naturalizacion de la fenomenologia y las ciencias cognitivas Fenomenologia y conciencia Conciencia y autoconciencia Tiempo y conciencia Intencionalidad La mente corporizada Accion Conocimiento de otras mentes Mentes situadas y extendidas Fenomenologia e identidad personal.Los capitulos tienen caracteristicas que facilitan su comprension, como graficos y resumenes, y la presente edicion se publica con un nuevo prefacio y una nota a la edicion castellana. Todo ello hace de este libro la introduccion ideal a los conceptos clave en fenomenologia, ciencia cognitiva y filosofia de la mente.

"La mente fenomenológica" presenta la primera introducción a las cuestiones fundamentales sobre la mente desde la perspectiva de la fenomenología. Incluye los siguientes temas: ¿Qué es la fenomenolo