Dreaming : a conceptual framework for philosophy of mind and empirical research / Jennifer M. Windt.

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : MIT Press, [2015]

xxv, 798 pages ; 24 cm

General introduction: The conceptualization problem of dreaming -- Dream skepticism, skepticism about dreaming, and the problem of dream experience -- A short introduction to empirical dream research: history, methodology, and changing theoretical conceptions -- The methodological background assumptions of scientific dream research -- Antiskepticism about dreaming and dreaming reporting: from default assumption to theoretical justification -- Dreaming as quasi-perceptual experience: the traditional view -- Dreaming as imaginative experience: the rival view -- Are dreams subjective experiences (I)? Phenomenal selfhood and bodily experiences in dreams -- Are dreams disembodied experiences? The role of the body and of the brain in shaping bodily experience in dreams -- Are dreams subjective experiences (II)? The phenomenology of thinking and the problem of dream belief -- Are dreams deceptive experiences? Deception, delusion, and insight -- From oneiragogia to full-fledged dreaming: the immersive-spatiotemporal-hallucination model of dreaming -- Relocating dreams on the conceptual map: consequences and perspectives for future research.

Includes bibliographical references and index.