Consciousness is perhaps the most puzzling problem we humans face in trying to understand ourselves. It has been the subject of intense study for several decades. This text aims to act as a starting point towards future research.

1. BLURRY IMAGES, DOUBLE VISION, AND OTHER ODDITIES: NEW PROBLEMS FOR REPRESENTATIONALISM? ; 2. The Intentional Structure of Consciousness ; 3. Experience and Representation ; 4. Transparent Experience and the Availability of Qualia ; 5. Color, Consciousness, and Color Consciousness ; 6. HOW TO READ YOUR OWN MIND: A COGNITIVE THEORY OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS ; 7. Knowing Mental States: The Asymmetry of Psychological Prediction and Explanation ; 8. The Content and Epistemology of Phenomenal Belief ; 9. Privileged Access ; 10. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION: SEMIOTIC CONCEPTIONS OF BODIES AND MINDS ; 11. Maps, Gaps, and Traps ; 12. Theories of Consciousness ; 13. Perspectival Representation and the Knowledge Argument ; 14. McGinn on Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem ; 15. WHY COGNITIVE SCIENTISTS CANNOT IGNORE QUANTUM MECHANICS ; 16. Consciousness and the Quantum World: Putting Qualia on the Map ; 17. Mindless Sensationalism: A Quantum Framework for Consciousness ; 18. Consciousness and Quantum Theory: Strange Bedfellows

Eighteen brand-new essays on one of the burning issues in philosophy and cognitive science Outstanding line-up of contributors Sheds light from many angles on perhaps the most puzzling problem of human self-understanding Draws on and illuminates recent scientific work

Eighteen brand-new essays on one of the burning issues in philosophy and cognitive science Outstanding line-up of contributors Sheds light from many angles on perhaps the most puzzling problem of human self-understanding Draws on and illuminates recent scientific work