Conversations on Consciousness
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Conversations on Consciousness is a philosophical book by Susan Blackmore that presents a series of interviews with leading scientists and philosophers exploring the nature of consciousness and the mind.
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| Conversations on Consciousness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T783049 — 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: Conversations on Consciousness Context triple: [Susan Blackmore, notableWork, Conversations on Consciousness]
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A.
Consciousness: An Introduction
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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B.
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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C.
Conversations on Common Things
Conversations on Common Things is an early 19th-century educational book by Dorothea Dix that presents everyday scientific and moral knowledge in a conversational format for young readers.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Conversations on Consciousness Target entity description: Conversations on Consciousness is a philosophical book by Susan Blackmore that presents a series of interviews with leading scientists and philosophers exploring the nature of consciousness and the mind.
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A.
Consciousness: An Introduction
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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B.
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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C.
Conversations on Common Things
Conversations on Common Things is an early 19th-century educational book by Dorothea Dix that presents everyday scientific and moral knowledge in a conversational format for young readers.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| author | Susan Blackmore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
philosophical approaches to consciousness
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relationship between brain and mind ⓘ scientific approaches to consciousness ⓘ |
| format | interview collection ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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philosophy of mind ⓘ science writing ⓘ |
| hasAuthorInterviewRole | Susan Blackmore ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Christof Koch
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Daniel Dennett ⓘ David Chalmers ⓘ Francis Crick ⓘ John Searle ⓘ Ned Block ⓘ Patricia Churchland ⓘ Paul Churchland ⓘ Susan Greenfield ⓘ Thomas Metzinger ⓘ V. S. Ramachandran ⓘ
surface form:
VS Ramachandran
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| intendedAudience |
general readers
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students of cognitive science ⓘ students of philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cognitive science
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consciousness ⓘ mind ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | bringing together leading thinkers on consciousness in interview form ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| structure | series of interviews ⓘ |
| topic |
dualism
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free will ⓘ hard problem of consciousness ⓘ illusionism about consciousness ⓘ materialism ⓘ neural correlates of consciousness ⓘ qualia ⓘ reductionism ⓘ self and personal identity ⓘ subjective experience ⓘ |
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