Structuring Mind
The Nature of Attention and how it Shapes Consciousness
Sebastian Watzl
Reviews and Awards
"On my reading, Watzl's book stands out from recent books in the field thanks to his engagement with broader work in philosophy. While interdisciplinary, his book is also deeply "inter-sub-disciplinary" (to use a hefty term from Ralph Wedgwood). Watzl makes informed and insightful use of work from not just cognitive science and the philosophy of mind, but also metaphysics, ontology, the philosophy of action, and the philosophy of language. Further, he engages with work outside the analytic tradition in Western philosophy, including Sartre, Husserl, and the Husserlian Gurwitsch... Watzl's unifying and systematic approach stands out for its ambition." -- Nicholas Silins, Notre Dame Philosophical Review
"This book is a welcome contribution to a better understanding of the matter; not only because of the specific data and insights it gathers, but even more for the common assumptions it questions from the available literature. ... Watzl provides a rigorous philosophical analysis that professionals from various disciplines may find useful as well. ... the topic itself, the information available and the approach to the problem will be appreciated by researchers, clinicians and people from a general philosophical background."--Aline Maya Paredes, Metapsychology Online Reviews