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2024-03-29T07:04:21ZThe Unity of Phenomenal Consciousness and The Unity Thesis: A Critical Study
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Title: The Unity of Phenomenal Consciousness and The Unity Thesis: A Critical Study
Authors: Malakar, Bharat; De, Tapan Kumar; Sirkar, Ramdas
Abstract: Consciousness occupies a fundamental place in our daily life. Conscious experience always
comes as a unified phenomenon. We find many different senses of ‘unity’. The main purpose
of the thesis is to present a critical discussion of the unity of phenomenal consciousness and
also the critical evaluation of the unity thesis proposed by Tim Bayne in his magisterial work
entitled ‘The Unity of Consciousness’ published in 2010.The thesis is divided into seven chapters including introduction and concluding
remarks. I begin my discussion with definition and nature of different types of consciousness
in chapter 1. In the 2nd chapter I have focused only on the nature of phenomenal
consciousness and also the possibility of the unity of phenomenal consciousness critically. In
the third chapter of the thesis I have critically explored the nature of phenomenal unity and
the unity thesis of consciousness following Tim Bayne. In the fourth chapter, I have
considered some arguments in defense of the unity thesis. Some philosophers oppose the
unity thesis and they argue on the basis of some facts of behaviourally and clinically
disordered patients and claim that there are some kinds of breakdown of unity in
consciousness of these persons. These opposite views have been discussed in chapter five. In
chapter six, I discuss some recent criticisms against the mereological account and I have tried to respond from my own standpoint. In the concluding observations, I argue that there are
some positive aspects to explain the nature of the unity of phenomenal consciousness without
involving any kind of category mistakes. Again with the help of this thesis, I shall be able to
explain the problem of consciousness effectively and get the plausibility of achieving a
unique way to explain the historical problem without any ambiguity. Lastly, I think that the
unity thesis of Tim Bayne is more revolutionary than the others to deal with the problem of
consciousness like Kantian Copernican Revolution. After dwelling upon the arguments for
and against of the unity thesis I came to the conclusion that the cases of disunity as shown by the opponents are nothing but the contextual manifestation of the unity. The whole matter can
be represented in an argumentative form. The concept of disunity necessarily comes after the
concept of unity. Without the existence of unity, there is no plausibility of the explanations of
this disunity. Unity of phenomenal consciousness always remains as the locus of the socalled-
disunity.2020-02-19T00:00:00ZA Critical study on the Jaina theory of Anekanta
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Title: A Critical study on the Jaina theory of Anekanta
Authors: Jash, Anupam
Abstract: A Critical study on the Jaina theory of Anekanta
Description: Thesis: Ph. D., Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Department of Philosophy and the Life-World,20132013-01-01T00:00:00ZHumanism of Marx, Sartre and Rabindranath : an evaluation
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Title: Humanism of Marx, Sartre and Rabindranath : an evaluation
Authors: Dey, Mrinal Kanti
Abstract: Humanism of Marx, Sartre and Rabindranath : an evaluation
Description: Thesis: Ph. D., Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Department of Philosophy and the Life-World,20132013-01-01T00:00:00ZNature of brahman in advaita vedanta : a critical study
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Title: Nature of brahman in advaita vedanta : a critical study
Authors: Tunga, Sibsankar
Abstract: Nature of brahman in advaita vedanta : a critical study
Description: Thesis: Ph.D., Vidyasagar University Midnapore INDIA, Department of Philosophy and the Life-World, 20132013-01-01T00:00:00Z