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Author Colborn, Matthew, author.

Title Pluralism and the Mind.

Publication Info. Luton : Andrews UK, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (395 pages)
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Contents Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Body Matter; Introduction: The Persistent Question; Part One: Historical Context; 1. From Animism to Mechanism; 2. Vital Fluids, Darwin and Mechanical Men; 3. Mind and Consciousness in the Late Nineteenth Century; 4. Behaviourism, Computers and Exorcists; Part Two: Philosophical Considerations; 5. Ontology; 6. Epistemology; 7. The Problem of Biological Causation; Part Three: Physicalism and its Limits; 8. The Computational Model of Mind; 9. Some Theories of Consciousness.
10. Neuroimaging and its LimitsPart Four: Controversies and Speculations; 11. Pluralism and the Mind; 12. Consciousness, Teleology and Evolution; 13. Free Will; 14. The Hidden Portion and Our Selves; 15. Limits of the Possible; Conclusion: Pluralism, Consciousness and Society; Back Matter; Bibliography; Also Available.
Summary Paul Feyerabend noted that ' ... the world which we want to explore is a largely unknown entity. We must, therefore, keep our options open and ... not restrict ourselves in advance.' (1975, pages 20). Given that consciousness is poorly understood and vaguely defined, such advice seems sound, but is frequently ignored in favour of an insistence that a scientific theory of consciousness must be reducible to current monist physics and biology. This book argues that such an insistence is historically un ...
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Subject Consciousness.
Pluralism.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
Consciousness. (OCoLC)fst00875441
Pluralism. (OCoLC)fst01067392
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Colborn, Matthew. Pluralism and the Mind. Luton : Andrews UK, ©2011 9781845402211
ISBN 9781845403294 (electronic bk.)
1845403290 (electronic bk.)
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