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1、Tye_cover212/1/031:35PMPage1ConsciousnessandPersonsConsciousnessandPersons“Itwouldbeimpossiblenottolearnfromthisoutstandingbook.MichaelTyeConsciousnessandPersonsdisplaysrealinsightintotheproblemsofunityandidentity,andanintimidatingUnityandIdentityUnityandIdentityMichaelTyemast
2、eryoftherelevantphilosophicalandpsychologicalliterature.ButalmostMichaelTyeasimportant,itsbrevityandclaritymakethebookapleasuretoread.”—FrankJackson,TheAustralianNationalUniversityInConsciousnessandPersons:UnityandIdentityMichaelTyetakesonthethornyissueoftheunityofconscious-“N
3、otjustanotherbookonconsciousness!Thisoneisaboutvariouskindsofnessandanswerstheseimportantquestions:Whatunity(andafewdisunities)inphenomenalexperience.Provocativeclaimsareexactlyistheunityofconsciousness?Canasinglepersondefended,andthepresentationislucidandengagingthroughout.Ie
4、speciallyhaveadividedconsciousness?Whatisasingleperson?recommendTye’schapteronthespeciouspresent.”Tyearguesthatunityisafundamentalpartofhuman—WilliamG.Lycan,WilliamRandKenan,Jr.ProfessorofPhilosophy,Universityconsciousness—somethingsobasictoeverydayexperi-ofNorthCarolinaenceth
5、atitiseasytooverlook.Forexample,whenwehearthesoundofwavescrashingonabeachandatthe“Tyepresentsacompelling,original,philosophicallysophisticatedtheoryofthesametimeseearedwarningflag,thereisanoverallunityofphenomenalconsciousnesswithoutevergettingboggeddowninphilo-unitytoourexper
6、ience;thesoundandtheredshapearesophicaltrenchwarfare.”presentedtogetherinourconsciousness.Similarly,when—BrianP.McLaughlin,DepartmentofPhilosophy,RutgersUniversityweundergoasuccessionofthoughtsaswethinksome-thingthrough,thereisanexperienceofsuccessionthat“Thisshortvolumeisfull
7、ofgoodphilosophy.MichaelTyeraisesnewquestionsunifiesthethoughtsintoaconsciouswhole.But,Tyeabouttheunityofexperience,andhisanswerscastimportantlightonpersonalshows,consciousnessisnotalwaysunified.Split-brainidentity.Allphilosophersworkingonconsciousnessorpersonhoodshouldreadsub
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