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Author: Graham Macdonald Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199583625 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 297
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There have long been controversies about how minds can fit into a physical universe. In Emergence in Mind a distinguished group of philosophers discuss whether mental properties can be said to 'emerge' from physical processes. The discussion is extended to cover the role emergence may play in free will and agency, and in the special sciences.
Author: Graham Macdonald Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199583625 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 297
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There have long been controversies about how minds can fit into a physical universe. In Emergence in Mind a distinguished group of philosophers discuss whether mental properties can be said to 'emerge' from physical processes. The discussion is extended to cover the role emergence may play in free will and agency, and in the special sciences.
Author: Laurence J. Kirmayer Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108580572 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 683
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Recent neuroscience research makes it clear that human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure values, and institutions. This integrative volume brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from the human, social, and biological sciences to explore culture, mind, and brain interactions and their impact on personal and societal issues. Contributors provide a fresh look at emerging concepts, models, and applications of the co-constitution of culture, mind, and brain. Chapters survey the latest theoretical and methodological insights alongside the challenges in this area, and describe how these new ideas are being applied in the sciences, humanities, arts, mental health, and everyday life. Readers will gain new appreciation of the ways in which our unique biology and cultural diversity shape behavior and experience, and our ongoing adaptation to a constantly changing world.
Author: Anthony Freeman Publisher: Imprint Academic ISBN: 9780907845188 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 182
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A collection of essays on the relation between the conscious mind and the body. In this text, philosopher Robert Van Gulick gives a clear overview and comparison on "emergent" and "reductive" approaches, while others discuss more detailed aspects.
Author: Robert J. Richards Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226712001 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 719
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With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct, reason, and morality, which Richards considers against the background of Darwin's personality, training, scientific and cultural concerns, and intellectual community. Many critics have argued that the Darwinian revolution stripped nature of moral purpose and ethically neutered the human animal. Richards contends, however, that Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and their disciples attempted to reanimate moral life, believing that the evolutionary process gave heart to unselfish, altruistic behavior. "Richards's book is now the obvious introduction to the history of ideas about mind and behavior in the nineteenth century."—Mark Ridley, Times Literary Supplement "Not since the publication of Michael Ghiselin's The Triumph of the Darwinian Method has there been such an ambitious, challenging, and methodologically self-conscious interpretation of the rise and development and evolutionary theories and Darwin's role therein."—John C. Greene, Science "His book . . . triumphantly achieves the goal of all great scholarship: it not only informs us, but shows us why becoming thus informed is essential to understanding our own issues and projects."—Daniel C. Dennett, Philosophy of Science
Author: Ben Oofana Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1450268544 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 246
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Ben Oofana took off on his own at the age of seventeen to live among the native tribes of the American Southwest. Ben made it as far as Oklahoma where he landed among the Kiowa Indian tribe. Ben went on to apprentice with Horace Daukei, the last surviving traditional doctor or medicine man among the tribe. Ben apprenticed with Horace for three years and since that time he has continued to go alone into the mountains to do the vision quest. Feelings and memories of Ben's traumatic past began to surface during his mid twenties. It was during that time that Ben began to develop a series of practices that enabled him to awaken the innate healing power that resides within his own body and mind. These practices helped Ben to diffuse the painful feelings associated with anxiety and depression. Ben went on to develop other versions of these practices that help to alleviate the symptoms of digestive and respiratory disorders and a wide range of other health issues. Since that time, Ben has been teaching these practices to everyone that he works with. The practices that Ben shares throughout this book will help you to work through difficult issues and emotions and to heal your own body and mind. You will learn to use everything that happens in your life as part of your process of healing and spiritual growth. You will gain a clearer sense of direction in life. Working with these practices will also help you to will develop the resources that will enable you to fulfill your own life's purpose. Ben has also trained for years in the Internal Martial Arts with Shifu Li Tai Liang. He has spent a great deal of time in India and Sri Lanka and has been studying numerous traditional systems of healing and spiritual development. You will learn how these ancient systems can greatly accelerate your process of personal and spiritual development.
Author: Fabian Klinge Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3662622580 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 236
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In this book Fabian Klinge develops a novel approach for explaining phenomenal consciousness. He defends a version of panpsychism, that is the theory, that (some of) the fundamental physical entities exhibit consciousness. However, in contrast to standard conceptions of the view, the author does not take human consciousness to be grounded in but emergent from the consciousness of elementary particles. In this form, he argues, panpsychism can overcome the doctrine’s Achilles' heel, the combination problem, without running into similarly severe problems—thus rendering panpsychism a strong contender to its problem-ridden rivals physicalism and dualism. In addition, the author provides a thorough analysis of the poorly studied concept of metaphysical emergence. He argues that, by refining some of the major contributions in the literature, emergence can be made intelligible enough to serve as a basis for a credible solution proposal to the mind-body problem.
Author: Ioan Opris Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319296744 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 782
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This book covers recent advances in the understanding of brain structure, function and disorders based on the fundamental principles of physics. It covers a broad range of physical phenomena occurring in the brain circuits for perception, cognition, emotion and action, representing the building blocks of the mind. It provides novel insights into the devastating brain disorders of the mind such as schizophrenia, dementia, autism, aging or addictions, as well as into the new devices for brain repair. The book is aimed at basic researchers in the fields of neuroscience, physics, biophysics and clinicians in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, psychology, psychiatry.
Author: Philip Clayton Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191556750 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 248
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Strong claims have been made for emergence as a new paradigm for understanding science, consciousness, and religion. Tracing the past history and current definitions of the concept, Clayton assesses the case for emergent phenomena in the natural world and their significance for philosophy and theology. Complex emergent phenomena require irreducible levels of explanation in physics, chemistry and biology. This pattern of emergence suggests a new approach to the problem of consciousness, which is neither reducible to brain states nor proof of a mental substance or soul. Although emergence does not entail classical theism, it is compatible with a variety of religious positions. Clayton concludes with a defence of emergentist panentheism and a Christian constructive theology consistent with the new sciences of emergence.
Author: Robert K. Logan Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1442691808 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 329
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The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture. Building on his previous study, The Sixth Language (2000) and making use of emergence theory, Logan seeks to explain how language emerged to deal with the complexity of hominid existence brought about by tool-making, control of fire, social intelligence, coordinated hunting and gathering, and mimetic communication. The resulting emergence of language, he argues, signifies a fundamental change in the functioning of the human mind - a shift from percept-based thought to concept-based thought. From the perspective of the Extended Mind model, Logan provides an alternative to and critique of Noam Chomsky's approach to the origin of language. He argues that language can be treated as an organism that evolved to be easily acquired, obviating the need for the hard-wiring of Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device. In addition Logan shows how, according to this model, culture itself can be treated as an organism that has evolved to be easily attained, revealing the universality of human culture as well as providing an insight as to how altruism might have originated. Bringing timely insights to a fascinating field of inquiry, The Extended Mind will be sure to find a wide readership.
Author: Graham Macdonald
Author: Graham Macdonald
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Author: Laurence J. Kirmayer
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