{"product_id":"perplexities-of-consciousness-9780262525220","title":"Perplexities of Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA philosopher argues that we know little about our own inner lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you dream in color? If you answer Yes, how can you be sure? Before you recount your vivid memory of a dream featuring all the colors of the rainbow, consider that in the 1950s researchers found that most people reported dreaming in black and white. In the 1960s, when most movies were in color and more people had color television sets, the vast majority of reported dreams contained color. The most likely explanation for this, according to the philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel, is not that exposure to black-and-white media made people misremember their dreams. It is that we simply don't know whether or not we dream in color. In \u003ci\u003ePerplexities of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e, Schwitzgebel examines various aspects of inner life (dreams, mental imagery, emotions, and other subjective phenomena) and argues that we know very little about our stream of conscious experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing broadly from historical and recent philosophy and psychology to examine such topics as visual perspective, and the unreliability of introspection, Schwitzgebel finds us singularly inept in our judgments about conscious experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Schwitzgebel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bradford Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psycholog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262525220","brand":"Bradford Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383896764553,"sku":"9780262525220","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ba446a28-7e89-44f7-b5bf-be425d63ef25.jpg?v=1752015054","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/perplexities-of-consciousness-9780262525220","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}