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Metacognition and consciousness

Koriat, Asher·2007·The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness

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This chapter traces the development of the problem of consciousness in Western philosophy from the time of the ancient Greeks to the middle of the 20th century. The core problem of consciousness focuses on the nature of subjectivity. The chapter focuses on what has become the central issue in consciousness studies, which is the problem of integrating subjectivity into the scientific view of the world. The mainstream view has not long been mainstream, for the problem of consciousness cannot strike one at all until a fairly advanced scientific understanding of the world permits development of the materialism presupposed by the mainstream view. It was the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries that forced the problem of the Christian dogma into prominence. In philosophy, the 1950s saw the beginning of a self-conscious effort to understand the mind and, eventually, consciousness as physical through and through in essentially scientific terms.

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Authors
Koriat, A.
Affiliations
University of Haifa (IL)
Corresponding author
Koriat, Asher
Venue
The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness
Published
2007-05-14
OpenAlex
W1564142471
Cited by
554
References
232
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68.41
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
Keywords
consciousness, metacognition, subjectivity, problem of consciousness, materialism, mind-body problem, scientific revolution, ancient Greek philosophy, Christian dogma, philosophy of mind

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