Mind and its place in the world: non-reductionist approaches to the ontology of consciousness
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt Ontos 2006
Schriftenreihe:Phenomenology & mind Bd. 7
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Table of Contents; Mind and Its Place in the World:Introduction and OverviewAlexander Batthyany; What's the Mind-Body Problem With YouAnyway? Prolegomena to any ScientificDiscussion of ConsciousnessAvshalom Elitzur; Thinkways:The Impulse to ReductionismHoyt Edge; Self-Appropriation:The Dynamic Structure of HumanConsciousnessDonald P. Merrifield, S.J.; One Man's Meat Is Another Man'sPersonPeter J. King; Consciousness and the IntentionalAwareness of InstantiablesRussell Pannier and Thomas D. Sullivan; Mental Monism Considered as a Solutionto the Mind-Body ProblemPeter B. Lloyd
What is mind? What is its relationship to the physical world? Is consciousness a causative agent in the physical world? With much progress being made in the neurosciences, many have thought that these questions could be answered by reducing them to questions about physical systems such as the brain. But this approach has foundered on the core problem of consciousness: Why is it that some brain processes are accompanied by conscious awareness? This anthology points out new sources and unexamined paths of consciousness research. By presenting a wide spectrum of non-reductive theories, the volume
Beschreibung:323 pages :
ISBN:9783110325683
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