Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Philosophical Landscape on Attention
- 3 Attention, Mental Causation, and the Self
- 4 Attention, Perception, and Knowledge
- 5 Attention, Consciousness, and Habitual Behavior
- 6 Attention, Action, and Responsibility
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Mental Causation and Its Problems
- Appendix B The Conceptual History of Top-Down Attention
- Appendix C Top-Down Attention and the Brain
- Appendix D Working Memory and Attention
- References
- Index
7 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 February 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Philosophical Landscape on Attention
- 3 Attention, Mental Causation, and the Self
- 4 Attention, Perception, and Knowledge
- 5 Attention, Consciousness, and Habitual Behavior
- 6 Attention, Action, and Responsibility
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Mental Causation and Its Problems
- Appendix B The Conceptual History of Top-Down Attention
- Appendix C Top-Down Attention and the Brain
- Appendix D Working Memory and Attention
- References
- Index
Summary
In the concluding chapter I review the arguments presented in the book, such as that attention is evidence for a self with its own causal power, that attention is necessary for conscious perception, that consciousness can occur without the benefit of attention, and that action and responsibility do not require attention. I briefly discuss some possible extensions of the work and suggest how one might see this perspective of the mind to fit in with other contemporary accounts.
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- The Attending Mind , pp. 199 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020