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Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic

Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic Book Reviews / Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 40 (2009) 107–125 121 Hurlburt, R. T. & Schwitzgebel, E. Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic. Cambridge, Mass.: Th e MIT Press, 2007, vii + 322 pp., (Cloth). Review by : Gerald L. Peterson, Saginaw Valley State University It is rare to fi nd scholars who diff er on important issues being able to open- mindedly explore and critique each other’s perspective. Th is can be especially dif- fi cult when one scholar has spent many years devoted to developing a methodological framework attempting to sample aspects of human consciousness. In such cases, we would typically expect to fi nd critique and defense without either side being familiar with the actual issues involved, let alone fostering a respectful appreciation of opposing arguments. Russell Hurlburt is a psychologist who has developed a sampling and interview procedure used to describe phenomenal consciousness (See Hurlburt, 1997; Hurl- burt & Heavey, 2006). With nearly 30 years of work exploring such an approach, he feels he has a procedure that overcomes the problems of early introspectionist approaches and shows promise in addressing the vexing problems of studying human consciousness. He met philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel in 2002 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic

Peterson, Gerald
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 40 (1): 121 – Jan 1, 2009
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Book Reviews / Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 40 (2009) 107–125 121 Hurlburt, R. T. & Schwitzgebel, E. Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic. Cambridge, Mass.: Th e MIT Press, 2007, vii + 322 pp., (Cloth). Review by : Gerald L. Peterson, Saginaw Valley State University It is rare to fi nd scholars who diff er on important issues being able to open- mindedly explore and critique each other’s perspective. Th is can be especially dif- fi cult when one scholar has spent many years devoted to developing a methodological framework attempting to sample aspects of human consciousness. In such cases, we would typically expect to fi nd critique and defense without either side being familiar with the actual issues involved, let alone fostering a respectful appreciation of opposing arguments. Russell Hurlburt is a psychologist who has developed a sampling and interview procedure used to describe phenomenal consciousness (See Hurlburt, 1997; Hurl- burt & Heavey, 2006). With nearly 30 years of work exploring such an approach, he feels he has a procedure that overcomes the problems of early introspectionist approaches and shows promise in addressing the vexing problems of studying human consciousness. He met philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel in 2002

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