Consciousness: An Introduction
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Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Consciousness: An Introduction canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T783045 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Consciousness: An Introduction Context triple: [Susan Blackmore, notableWork, Consciousness: An Introduction]
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A.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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B.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
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C.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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D.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
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E.
The Language of Thought
The Language of Thought is a seminal philosophical and cognitive science work by Jerry Fodor that argues for an innate, mental "language" underlying human thought and reasoning.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Consciousness: An Introduction Target entity description: Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
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A.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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B.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
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C.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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D.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
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E.
The Language of Thought
The Language of Thought is a seminal philosophical and cognitive science work by Jerry Fodor that argues for an innate, mental "language" underlying human thought and reasoning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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textbook ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cognitive science
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neuroscience ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| author |
Emily T. Troscianko
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Susan Blackmore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| genre | textbook ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
first edition
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second edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
graduate students
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researchers ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| isWidelyUsedAs | university course textbook ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cognitive science
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consciousness ⓘ neuroscience of consciousness ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ psychology of consciousness ⓘ |
| publisher |
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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surface form:
Routledge
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| topic |
altered states of consciousness
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attention ⓘ blindsight ⓘ dreaming ⓘ dualism ⓘ free will ⓘ functionalism ⓘ global workspace theory ⓘ hard problem of consciousness ⓘ higher-order thought theories ⓘ illusion and perception ⓘ integrated information theory ⓘ materialism ⓘ meditation ⓘ near-death experiences ⓘ neural correlates of consciousness ⓘ out-of-body experiences ⓘ panpsychism ⓘ philosophical zombies ⓘ qualia ⓘ self and personal identity ⓘ subjective experience ⓘ |
| usesPedagogicalFeature |
case studies
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exercises ⓘ further reading lists ⓘ |
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