MIND AND EMERGENCE: FROM QUANTUM TO CONSCIOUSNESS.

CLAYTON, Philip.

ISBN 10: 0199272522 / ISBN 13: 9780199272525

Editore: Oxford University Press,, Oxford,, 2004

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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 236. Original publishers black boards lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations. ISBN: 0199272522 May show some very slight shelf wear but content fine and unread.

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• Titolo: MIND AND EMERGENCE: FROM QUANTUM TO CONSCIOUSNESS.
• Editore: Oxford University Press,, Oxford,
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199272522
• ISBN 13: 9780199272525
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Edizione: prima edizione
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

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Riassunto

Strong claims have been made for emergence as a new paradigm for understanding science, consciousness, and religion. Tracing the past history and current definitions of the concept, Clayton assesses the case for emergent phenomena in the natural world and their significance for philosophy and theology. Complex emergent phenomena require irreducible levels of explanation in physics, chemistry and biology. This pattern of emergence suggests a new approach to the problem of consciousness, which is neither reducible to brain states nor proof of a mental substance or soul. Although emergence does not entail classical theism, it is compatible with a variety of religious positions. Clayton concludes with a defence of emergentist panentheism and a Christian constructive theology consistent with the new sciences of emergence.

Informazioni sull?autore

Philip Clayton is Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy and of Religion, Claremont Graduate University.