Grounding the science of inner experience in the apprehension of phenomena: a review of "Consciousness and the Self: New Essays"

Hurlburt, R. T. and Stuart, S. (2014) Grounding the science of inner experience in the apprehension of phenomena: a review of "Consciousness and the Self: New Essays". American Journal of Psychology, 127(2), pp. 253-260. (doi: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.127.2.0253)[Book Review]

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Abstract

Consciousness and the Self is an edited collection, so it is not necessary that the individual contributors share the same point of view, and it is clear that they differ on several important matters--otherwise the individual essays would be of little significance. However, they all share a central concern, that of understanding the nature of conscious experience. Stuart and I found that there were indeed important differences between the CatS and IPIE groundings in observations of phenomena: the contributors to CatS do not cite a single example of actually occurring inner experience whereas IPIE provides over a hundred examples of concretely-existing-at-some-moment, carefully examined inner experience. This “review” explores that difference.

Item Type:Book Reviews
Keywords:Consciousness, Self, Descriptive Experience Sampling, Pristine Experience
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Stuart, Dr Susan
Authors: Hurlburt, R. T., and Stuart, S.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies
Journal Name:American Journal of Psychology
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
ISSN:0002-9556
ISSN (Online):1939-8298
Published Online:01 June 2014
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2014 University of Illinois Press
First Published:First published in American Journal of Psychology 127(2):253-260
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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