Abstract
The volume tries to introduce and critically evaluate the central approaches to phenomenal consciousness in contemporary philosophy of mind and can be viewed as a single original and ramified argument against the main varieties of physicalism and in favor of Russellian monism. This approach - inspired by the thinking of Bertrand Russell and so far underrepresented in the Czech philosophical context - encapsulates a number of rather differing theoretical varieties.
The author argues that the most persuasive form of Russellian monism, and thus also the most persuasive approach to consciousness is constitutive Russellian panpsychism. He also offers an attempt at solving the so far little researched "combination problem" which many view as an important challenge for any panpsychist metaphysics.