Mind and its Place in the World: Non-Reductionist Approaches to the Ontology of ConsciousnessAlexander Batthyány, Avshalom Elitzur 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 endeavours to overcome the dichotomy between dualism and monism that keeps plaguing the debate in favour of new and more differentiated positions. |
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The Dynamic Structure of HumanConsciousnessDonald P Merrifield SJ | 41 |
One Mans Meat Is Another MansPersonPeter J King | 61 |
Consciousness and the IntentionalAwareness of InstantiablesRussell Pannier and Thomas D Sullivan | 76 |
Mental Monism Considered as a Solutionto the MindBody ProblemPeter B Lloyd | 101 |
Or How do I Know that thisThought is Mine?Fiona Steinkamp | 144 |
A Quantitative PhenomenologySteven Lehar | 167 |
The Enlarged MindRiccardo Manzotti | 197 |
On Explanation Interpretation andNatural Science with Reference to FreudRicoeur and Von WrightPaul Løvland | 225 |
Personal Identity the Self and TimeHoward Robinson | 245 |
Spinozicism Revived?Gershon Kurizki | 269 |
The NearDeath Experience andthe Failure of MaterialismJ Kenneth Arnette | 279 |
Contributors and Editors | 317 |
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