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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454233603321

Autore

Vicari Giuseppe

Titolo

Beyond conceptual dualism [[electronic resource] ] : ontology of consciousness, mental causation, and holism in John R. Searle's philosophy of mind / / Giuseppe Vicari ; guest foreword by John R. Searle ; editorial foreword by Francesc Forn i Argimon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2008

ISBN

94-012-0633-3

1-4356-9540-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Value Inquiry Book Series ; ; 196. Cognitive science

Altri autori (Persone)

SearleJohn R

Forn i ArgimonFrancesc

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Free will and determinism

Intentionality (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- PROBLEMS AND THEORIES: THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE -- BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM: A NATURALISTIC AND NON-REDUCTIVE ONTOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM: A NATURALISTIC AND NON-REDUCTIVE ONTOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- HOLISM AND MENTAL CAUSATION IN THE THEORY OF INTENTIONALITY -- JOHN SEARLE AND CONTEMPORARY NEUROSCIENCE: HOLISM, MENTAL CAUSATION, AND THE ROOTS OF SUBJECTIVITY -- CONCLUSION -- WORKS CITED -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- VIBS.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a systematic analysis of John R. Searle’s philosophy of mind. Searle’s view of mind, as a set of subjective and biologically embodied processes, can account for our being part of nature qua mindful beings. This model finds support in neuroscience and offers reliable solutions to the problems of consciousness, mental causation, and the self.