Process Approaches to Consciousness in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind

484 Seiten, Hardcover

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Opens a dialogue between process philosophy and contemporary consciousness studies.This collection opens a dialogue between process philosophy and contemporary consciousness studies. Approaching consciousness from diverse disciplinary perspectives-philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, neuropathology, psychotherapy, biology, animal ethology, and physics-the contributors offer empirical and philosophical support for a model of consciousness inspired by the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947). Whitehead's model is developed in ways he could not have anticipated to show how it can advance current debates beyond well-known sticking points. This has trenchant consequences for epistemology and suggests fresh and promising new perspectives on such topics as the mind-body problem, the neurobiology of consciousness, animal consciousness, the evolution of consciousness, panpsychism, the unity of consciousness, epiphenomenalism, free will, and causation.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Philosophie des Geistes
• ISBN: 9781438429410
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2009
• Größe: 231 x 157 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Herausgegeben von: Michel Weber, Anderson Weekes