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The Grammar of Consciousness

An Exploration of Tacit Knowing

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  • © 1995

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  1. Edward Moss
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Some Aspects of Tacit Knowing

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 1-13

  3. Conceptual Forms

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 14-24

  4. Tacit Integration as a Grammatical Process

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 25-42

  5. Purpose, Meaning and the Categories of Knowing

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 43-58

  6. A Reductionist Theory of Consciousness

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 59-76

  7. Ghosts in the Virtual Machine

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 77-87

  8. An Evolutionist’s Theory of Consciousness

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 88-103

  9. Reflections on Edelman

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 104-122

  10. Knowing and Reality

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 123-138

  11. The Here and Now

    • Edward Moss
    Pages 139-147

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 148-162
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About this book

Beginning from the scientist-philosopher Michael Polanyi's theory of tacit knowing, and drawing upon a remarkably original model of the mind and its workings, Edward Moss develops the thesis that all consciousness is grammatically structured. Comparison is made in detail with the theories of Daniel Dennett, based on the computer analogy, and with the neurophysiological theories of Gerald Edelman. It is suggested that Moss's top-down psychological model can be integrated with Edelman's bottom-up analysis. Two final chapters explore the philosophical implications of this discussion.

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EDWARD MOSS

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Grammar of Consciousness

  • Book Subtitle: An Exploration of Tacit Knowing

  • Authors: Edward Moss

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378865

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62533-0Published: 18 January 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37886-5Published: 18 January 1995

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 162

  • Topics: General Psychology, Philosophy, general

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