Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The philosophical landscape on attention; 3. Attention, mental causation, and the self; 4. Attention, perception, and knowledge; 5. Attention, consciousness, and habitual behavior; 6. Attention, action, and responsibility; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. Mental causation and its problems; Appendix B. The conceptual history of top-down attention; Appendix C. Top-down attention and the brain; Appendix D. Working memory and attention.

Promotional Information

This book discusses how attention relates to the self, perception, knowledge, consciousness, action, and responsibility.

About the Author

Carolyn Dicey Jennings is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Merced.

Reviews

'In this concise, lucid book ... Jennings offers a reconciliation between agent-centered freedom and compatibilism. Philosophical psychology is enriched by this valuable exploration.' J. R. Shook, Choice