Matter and Mind a philosophical inquiry
This book discusses two of the oldest and hardest problems in both science and philosophy: What is matter?, and What is mind? A reason for tackling both problems in a single book is that two of the most influential views in modern philosophy are that the universe is mental (idealism), and that the e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht, The Netherlands :
Springer Verlag
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Series: | Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;
v. 287. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009441292606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Matter
- Philosophy as Worldview
- Classical Matter: Bodies and Fields
- Quantum Matter: Weird But Real
- General Concept of Matter: To Be Is To Become
- Emergence and Levels
- Naturalism
- Materialism
- Mind
- The Mind-Body Problem
- Minding Matter: The Plastic Brain
- Mind and Society
- Cognition, Consciousness, and Free Will
- Brain and Computer: The Hardware/Software Dualism
- Knowledge: Genuine and Bogus
- Appendices
- Appendix A: Objects
- Appendix B: Truths.
