Metaphysics of the Conscious Mind: On Being a Brain
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Beschreibung
This book addresses one of the central problems in the philosophy of mind, namely, the relation between the conscious mind and the body. It argues for a radically new way to understand the relation in terms of a heretofore unthematized concept of being, dubbed subjective being; a concept employed by us when we judge that there is something it is like to be a bat, or that there is nothing it feels like to be a rock. Specifically, in the case of human consciousness, it argues for the view that being a brain is undergoing conscious states. The resulting position makes it possible to chart a middle course between physicalism and dualism, avoiding the excesses of both, while providing novel answers to some of the most persistent questions in the philosophy of mind, such as the place of the conscious mind in nature, the nature of mind-body interaction, the metaphysical nature of action, and the metaphysical possibility of philosophical “zombies”. This monograph appeals to students and researchers working in the philosophy of mind.
This book addresses one of the central problems in the philosophy of mind, namely, the relation between the conscious mind and the body. It argues for a radically new way to understand the relation in terms of a heretofore unthematized concept of being, dubbed subjective being; a concept employed by us when we judge that there is something it is like to be a bat, or that there is nothing it feels like to be a rock. Specifically, in the case of human consciousness, it argues for the view that being a brain is undergoing conscious states. The resulting position makes it possible to chart a middle course between physicalism and dualism, avoiding the excesses of both, while providing novel answers to some of the most persistent questions in the philosophy of mind, such as the place of the conscious mind in nature, the nature of mind-body interaction, the metaphysical nature of action, and the metaphysical possibility of philosophical “zombies”. This monograph appeals to students and researchers working in the philosophy of mind.
Articulates a radically new position in the philosophy of mind, based on a heretofore unexplored concept of being Argues for a unique position which occupies a middle ground between traditional dualisms and physicalistic positions Addresses the place of consciousness in nature and accounts for mind-body interaction
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Guy Elgat
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