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The Living Mind: From Psyche to Consciousness

By Richard Dien Winfield

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2011
ISBN
1442211555, 9781442211551
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3475586 bytes)
Pages
328\319
Time added
2013-12-27 12:22:34

Description

As enthusiasm for computational models of the mind has waned and the revolution in neuroscience has progressed, attention in philosophy and cognitive science has shifted toward more biological approaches. The Living Mind establishes that mind cannot be immaterial or reduced to mechanistic or cybernetic processes, but must instead possess a subjectivity embodied in an animal organism. On this basis, the work proceeds to show why mind involves a pre-conscious psyche, a non-discursive consciousness and self-consciousness, and an intelligence overcoming the opposition of consciousness. In so doing, The Living Mind provides a detailed account of the psyche and consciousness, paving the way for conceiving the psychological enabling conditions of rational theory and practice.

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