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1、PageiTheConsciousMindPageiiPHILOSOPHYOFMINDSERIESSeriesEditor:OwenFlanagan,DukeUniversitySELFEXPRESSIONSMind,Morals,andtheMeaningofLifeOwenFlanaganDECONSTRUCTINGTHEMINDStephenP.StichTHECONSCIOUSMINDInSearchofaFundamentalTheoryDavidJ.ChalmersPageiiiTheConsciousMindInSearchofaFundamentalThe
2、oryDavidJ.ChalmersPageivDisclaimer:SomeimagesintheoriginalversionofthisbookarenotavailableforinclusioninthenetLibraryeBook.OxfordUniversityPressOxfordNewYorkAthensAucklandBangkokBombayCalcuttaCapeTownDaresSalaamDelhiFlorenceHongKongIstanbulKarachiKualaLumpurMadrasMadridMelbourneMexicoCity
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4、toredinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataChalmers,DavidJohnTheconsciousmind:insearchofafundamentaltheoryp.cm.(Philosop
5、hyofmindseries)Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-19-510553-21.Philosophyofmind.2.Consciousness.3.Mindandbody.4.Dualism.I.Title.II.Series.BD418.3.C431996128'.2—dc2095-360363579864PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freepaper.PagevACKNOWLEDGMENTSIfirstbecameexcitedbyconsci
6、ousnessandthemind-bodyproblemasanundergraduatestudyingmathematicsattheUniversityofAdelaide.Conversationswithanumberofpeople,especiallyPaulBarter,JonBaxter,BenHambly,andPaulMcCann,helpedformmyideas.Eventhen,thesubjectseemedaboutasfascinatingaproblemastherecouldbe.Itseemedfaintlyunreasonabl
7、ethatsomebodycouldbeoccupiedfull-timethinkingaboutsomethingthatwassomuchfun.Later,asagraduatestudentatOxford,Ifoundthatthemindwasalwaysoccupyingmythoughtswheremathematicsshouldhavebeen,andIdecidedtoswitchfieldsandeventuallytoswitchcontinents.Manypeoplewerepatientand