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by John Campbell

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What explains our ability to refer to the objects we perceive? John Cambell argues that our capacity for reference is explained by our capacity to attend selectively to the objects of which we are aware; that this capacity for conscious attention to a perceived object is what provides us with our knowledge of reference. When someone makes a reference to a perceived object, your knowledge of which thing they are talking about is constituted by your consciously attending to the relevant object. Campbell articulates the connections between these three concepts: reference, attention, and consciousness. He looks at the metaphysical conception of the environment demanded by such an account, and at the demands imposed on our conception of consciousness by the point that consciousness of objects is what explains our capacity to think about them. He argues that empirical work on the binding problem can illuminate our grasp of the way in which we have knowledge of reference, supplied by conscious attention to the relevant object.
Reference and Consciousness illuminates fundamental problems about thought, reference, and experience by looking at the underlying psychological mechanisms on which conscious attention depends. It is an original and stimulating contribution to philosophy and cognitive science.

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Suppose you say to me, 'What is that mountain over there?'

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  • Title Reference and Consciousness
  • Author John Campbell
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 278
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford, 2002. 278p. Paperback. Series: Oxford Cognitive Science Series. This is important work which should be widely read. The Philoso
  • Publication date 2002-06-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780199243808 / 0199243808
  • Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 6.46 x 0.84 in (24.18 x 16.41 x 2.13 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Library of Congress subjects Consciousness, Attention
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001055468
  • Dewey Decimal Code 128.3

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John Campbell is Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy at Oxford University.
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