LEADER 00000cam 2200481Ki 4500 001 ocn769344446 003 OCoLC 005 20190704070234.6 006 m o d 007 cr |n|---||||| 008 111226s2011 xx o 000 0 eng d 020 9781845403294|q(electronic bk.) 020 1845403290|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)769344446 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|erda|cEBLCP|dMHW|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ |dAGLDB|dZCU|dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dVTS|dICG|dOCLCQ|dSTF|dDKC |dOCLCQ|dM8D 049 CKEA 050 4 BP605.N48 .C56 2011 082 04 153 100 1 Colborn, Matthew,|eauthor. 245 10 Pluralism and the Mind. 264 1 Luton :|bAndrews UK,|c2011. 300 1 online resource (395 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 505 0 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. 505 8 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. 520 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 ... 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Consciousness. 650 0 Pluralism. 650 7 PSYCHOLOGY|xCognitive Psychology.|2bisacsh 650 7 SCIENCE|xCognitive Science.|2bisacsh 650 7 Consciousness.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00875441 650 7 Pluralism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01067392 655 0 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aColborn, Matthew.|tPluralism and the Mind.|dLuton : Andrews UK, ©2011|z9781845402211 914 ocn769344446 994 92|bCKE
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