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A review by jgauthier
Perplexities of Consciousness by Eric Schwitzgebel
4.0
Think hard about your ability to peer into your own experience. Can we actually answer questions about our experience reliably? For example: Do I perceive the world in two or three dimensions? What do I see when my eyes are closed?
Schwitzgebel, witty and original as ever, provokes these questions in Perpelexities of Consciousness. This book doesn't provide answers — that's not Schwitzgebel's style. But it shows us that much of what we take for granted about access to our own phenomenology could be wrong.
(This was a bedtime book — I didn't read it as a philosopher. Planning to read again someday with a more serious eye. In any case, this was really fun!)
Schwitzgebel, witty and original as ever, provokes these questions in Perpelexities of Consciousness. This book doesn't provide answers — that's not Schwitzgebel's style. But it shows us that much of what we take for granted about access to our own phenomenology could be wrong.
(This was a bedtime book — I didn't read it as a philosopher. Planning to read again someday with a more serious eye. In any case, this was really fun!)