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Process Approaches to Consciousness in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind
Michel Weber
Process Approaches to Consciousness in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind
Michel Weber
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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 2, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781438429403 |
Publishers | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 484 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 25 mm · 653 g |
Language | English |
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