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How to solve the mind-- body problem

By Nicholas Humphrey

Book information

Publisher
Imprint Academic
Year
2000
ISBN
0907845088, 9780907845089
ISSN
1355-8250
Open Library ID
OL8294948M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6690143 bytes)
Series
Journal of consciousness studies 7, 4
Pages
114\114
Topic
Education
Library
avaxhome.ws
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

How does the water of the brain yield the wine of conscious experience? What is the link between bodily activity and our inner feeling of what its like to be ourselves? In this highly readable yet scholarly essay Nicholas Humphrey takes a fresh look at the so called hard problem of consciousness and, in the light of evolutionary history, proposes a radically new solution. His controversial ideas are discussed and challenged by leading figures in the philosophy of mind, including Andy Clark, Daniel Dennett, Naomi Eilan, Ralph Ellis, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, Stevan Harnad, Natika Newton, Christian de Quincey, Carol Rovane and Robert van Gulick. This book is an excellent short introduction to the on-going debate about the nature of consciousness.

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