Mind and its place in the world : non-reductionist approaches to the ontology of consciousness /

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....

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Other Authors: Batthyany, Alexander, Elitzur, Avshalom C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt ; Lancaster, Calif. : Ontos, 2006.
Series:Phenomenology & mind ; Bd. 7.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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.