THE CONSCIOUS MIND In Search of a Fundamental Theory

David J. Chalmers

ISBN 10: 0195117891 / ISBN 13: 9780195117899

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

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• Titolo: THE CONSCIOUS MIND In Search of a Fundamental Theory
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195117891
• ISBN 13: 9780195117899
• Rilegatura: Softcover
• Edizione: First Edition; Twelfth Printing.
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Philosophy

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Riassunto

What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning?

David J. Chalmers unveils a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, while offering provocative insights into the relationship between mind and brain. Writing in a thought-provoking style, Chalmers proposes that conscious experience must be understood as an irreducible entity similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts. Engaging and penetrating, this book adds a fresh new perspective to the subject that is sure to spark debate about our understanding of the mind for years to come.

Informazioni sull?autore

David J. Chalmers is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz.