The character of consciousness / David J. Chalmers.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

xxvii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Facing up to the problem of consciousness -- How can we construct a science of consciousness? -- What is a neural correlate of consciousness? -- On the search for the neural correlate of consciousness -- Consciousness and its place in nature -- The two-dimensional argument against materialism -- Conceptual analysis and reductive explanation (with Frank Jackson) -- The content of phenomenal concepts -- The epistemology of phenomenal belief -- Phenomenal concepts and the explanatory gap -- The representational character of experience --Perception and the fall from Eden -- The Matrix as metaphysics -- What if the unity of consciousness? (with Tim Bayne).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-585) and indexes.