The Physical Nature Of Consciousness
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The Physical Nature Of Consciousness
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Author : Philip R. Van Loocke
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2001-01-01
The Physical Nature Of Consciousness written by Philip R. Van Loocke and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Psychology categories.
The Physical Nature of Consciousness contains twelve chapters that discuss recent and new perspectives on the relation between modern physics and consciousness. Stuart Hameroff opens with an extended and updated exposition of the Penrose/Hameroff Orch-OR model, and subsequently addresses recent criticisms of quantum approaches to the brain. Evan Walker presents his view on consciousness from the perspective of a new approach to the integration of quantum theory and relativity. Friedrich Beck elaborates on the Beck/Eccles quantum approach to consciousness. Karl Pribram puts the holographic view on consciousness in perspective of his life long work. Peter Marcer and Edgar Mitchell explain the relevance of quantum holography for consciousness. Gordon Globus discusses the relation between postmodern philosophical theories and quantum consciousness. Chris Clarke develops a theory in terms of a specific type of formal logic to reconcile the phenomenology of consciousness with the physical world. Ilya Prigogine summarizes his view on complexity, and on the future of quantum theory, which goes beyond the present formalism, and goes on to comment on the problem of consciousness. Matti Pitkanen identifies the place for consciousness in a unifying topological geometro-dynamics theory. Colin McGinn argues against classical materialism. Dick Bierman gives an overview of anomalous phenomena. He identifies a decline effect, and discusses different possible interpretations. Philip Van Loocke closes the volume with a discussion on how deep teleology in cellular systems may relate to consciousness. (Series A)
Consciousness In The Physical World
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Author : Torin Andrew Alter
language : en
Publisher: Philosophy of Mind
Release Date : 2015
Consciousness In The Physical World written by Torin Andrew Alter and has been published by Philosophy of Mind this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Philosophy categories.
According to Russellian monism, an alternative to the familiar theories in the philosophy of mind that combines attractive components of physicalism and dualism, matter has intrinsic properties that both constitute consciousness and serve as categorical bases for the dispositional properties described in physics. Consciousness in the Physical World collects various works on Russellian monism, including historical selections, recent classics, and new pieces. Most chapters are sympathetic with the view, but some are skeptical. Together, they constitute the first book-length treatment of the view itself, its relationship to other theories, its motivations, and its problems.
Metaphysics Of Consciousness
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Author : William Seager
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2002-09-11
Metaphysics Of Consciousness written by William Seager and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with Philosophy categories.
Metaphysics of Consciousness opens with a development of the physicalist outlook that denies the need for any explanation of the mental. This "inexplicability" is demonstrated not to be sufficient as refutation of physicalism. However, the inescapable particularity of modes of consciousness appears to overpower this minimal physicalism. This book proposes that such an inference requires either a wholly new conception of how consciousness is physical or a deep and disturbing new kind of physical inexplicability.
The Nature Of Consciousness
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Author : Mark Rowlands
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-10-11
The Nature Of Consciousness written by Mark Rowlands and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-11 with Philosophy categories.
In The Nature of Consciousness, Mark Rowlands develops an innovative account of the nature of phenomenal consciousness, one that has significant consequences for attempts to find a place for it in the natural order. The most significant feature of consciousness is its dual nature: consciousness can be both the directing of awareness and that upon which awareness is directed. Rowlands offers a clear and philosophically insightful discussion of the main positions in this fast-moving debate, and argues that the phenomenal aspects of conscious experience are aspects that exist only in the directing of experience towards non-phenomenal objects, a theory that undermines reductive attempts to explain consciousness in terms of what is not conscious. His book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in the philosophy of mind and language, psychology and cognitive science.
Metaphysics Of Consciousness
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Author : William Seager
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-11
Metaphysics Of Consciousness written by William Seager and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with Philosophy categories.
Metaphysics of Consciousness opens with a development of the physicalist outlook that denies the need for any explanation of the mental. This "inexplicability" is demonstrated not to be sufficient as refutation of physicalism. However, the inescapable particularity of modes of consciousness appears to overpower this minimal physicalism. This book proposes that such an inference requires either a wholly new conception of how consciousness is physical or a deep and disturbing new kind of physical inexplicability.
Consciousness Explained
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Author : Edgar L. Owen
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-28
Consciousness Explained written by Edgar L. Owen and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-28 with categories.
Consciousness Explained is a groundbreaking new theory that presents an entirely new understanding of consciousness. Based solidly in modern physical, cognitive, and information science and in carefully analyzed direct experience, it provides a convincing explanation of what consciousness really is. Concise, accessible, and to the point it clearly explains consciousness in the context of reality itself. Our consciousness in a present moment through which time flows is the fundamental experience of our existence. But exactly what consciousness is and how it can arise from a physical universe has long been an unsolved mystery that has baffled generation after generation of philosophers and scientists. Though many have tried science itself has ultimately had nothing meaningful to say about either the nature of consciousness or the present moment in which it occurs. The fundamental problem of consciousness is that it's obviously not physical in the traditional sense we ascribe to the universe, and in this contradiction is the key to explaining its true nature. But when we step back and carefully reconsider the fundamental nature of reality we quickly discover that it simply can't be physical in the ordinary sense. In fact all the evidence suggests that it's actually a computational structure and that its apparent physical nature is an adaptive interpretation of its true information nature produced by our mind's internal simulation of reality. Thus to solve the mystery of consciousness we must first demonstrate how and why the universe seems physical even though it's actually computational. And then we must discover a new model of the fundamental nature of reality that is naturally compatible with the observed nature of consciousness and from which consciousness naturally emerges. This book does just that. It offers a convincing science compatible explanation of consciousness with the added benefit of shedding light on the true nature of reality as well. And finally it explains how the true fundamental nature of reality is actually being experienced as consciousness in every moment of our lives and how we can realize this more deeply and completely. All and all this is a book impossible to ignore which is sure to have a lasting impact on the study of both consciousness and reality for years to come.
The Nature Of Consciousness The Structure Of Reality
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Author : Jerry Davidson Wheatley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Nature Of Consciousness The Structure Of Reality written by Jerry Davidson Wheatley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Philosophy categories.
This book describes how understanding the structure of reality leads to the Theory of Everything Equation. The equation unifies the forces of nature and enables the merging of relativity with quantum theory. The book explains the big bang theory and everything else.
Consciousness And The Prospects Of Physicalism
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Author : Derk Pereboom
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-26
Consciousness And The Prospects Of Physicalism written by Derk Pereboom and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-26 with Philosophy categories.
The deepest relation between the psychological and the microphysical is constitution, where this relation is not to be explicated by the notion of identity.
Evolving The Mind
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Author : A. Graham Cairns-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-04-02
Evolving The Mind written by A. Graham Cairns-Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-02 with Philosophy categories.
A lively account of consciousness and the mind.
Empirical Evidence For The Non Material Nature Of Consciousness
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Author : Juleon Schins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Empirical Evidence For The Non Material Nature Of Consciousness written by Juleon Schins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Consciousness categories.
This is a study on the dual (material and non-material) nature of consciousness. It is an answer to the tremendous problems materialism faces when trying to define consciousness, a recent phenomenon called the 'incompleteness' of sciences, and the philosophical urge to unify common-sense causality and quantum causality. The study founds a theory of knowledge on the mathematical insights of Kurt Godel and Roger Penrose. The study also treats four examples of incompleteness (mathematics, physics, biology, and ethology) and shows that only the postulate of a non-material human mind can account for these empirical data. Judging the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics inconsistent, it uses a quantum-adapted version of Aristotle's hylemorphism for defining causality as a strictly transcendent relation. Its application to mind-brain interaction explains the dual nature of human consciousness. All physical and mathematical details exceeding the horizon of experts are relegated to the appendices. The resulting essay is accessible to a large academic audience interesting the philosophical problems raised by scientific advance.