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Can I read Why Red Doesn't Sound Like a Bell : Understanding the Feel of Consciousness on EtoBox?

Why Red Doesn't Sound Like a Bell : Understanding the Feel of Consciousness by J. Kevin O'Regan is a psychology available to read on EtoBox.

What is Why Red Doesn't Sound Like a Bell : Understanding the Feel of Consciousness about?

This book proposes a novel view to explain how we as humans -- contrary to current robots -- can have the impression of consciously feeling things: for example the red of a sunset, the smell of a rose, the sound of a symphony, or a pain. The book starts off by looking at visual perception. Our ability to see turns out to be much more mysterious than one might think. The eye contains many defects which should seriously interfere with vision. Yet we have the impression of seeing the world in glori

Who reads Why Red Doesn't Sound Like a Bell : Understanding the Feel of Consciousness?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
J. Kevin O'Regan
Publisher
IRL Press at Oxford University Press
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780199777471
Category
psychology
Subjects
Psychology, Science, Medical
Updated
2026-03-24

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