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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823571903321

Titolo

Mind in nature : from science to philosophy / / Marko Ursic, Olga Markic and Andrej Ule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-62081-343-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

World philosophy series

Altri autori (Persone)

MarkicOlga

UrsicMarko

UleA (Andrej)

Disciplina

128/.2

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Mind-brain identity theory

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. [201]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- MIND IN NATURE -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I.  MIND AND COSMOLOGY, SEARCHING  FOR A "THIRD WAY" -- Chapter 1    "FINE TUNING" AND THE ANTHROPIC COSMOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE -- Chapter 2    MULTIVERSE(S) -- Chapter 3     PARADOXES OF TRANSFINITE COSMOLOGY -- Chapter 4    "INTELLIGENT DESIGN" VS. COSMOLOGICAL DARWINISM -- Chapter 5    NEW WAYS OF SOLVING THE  "GOLDILOCKS ENIGMA" -- HOLISM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS -- CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY -- SELF-ORGANIZATION -- Chapter 6    EMERGENCE AND EMANATION -- Chapter 7    PANTHEISM AS THE "THIRD WAY" OF PHILOSOPHICAL COSMOLOGY -- PART II.   MIND IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE, FROM COMPUTATIONAL MODELS TO THE  EMBODIED SITUATED COGNITION -- Chapter 8    THE MECHANICAL PICTURE -- Chapter 9    COGNITION AS COMPUTATION -- CLASSICAL SYMBOLIC COGNITIVE SCIENCE -- DIFFICULTIES WITH AND CRITICISM OF THE  SYMBOLIC APPROACH -- CONNECTIONISM -- CONNECTIONISM AND THE EXTERNAL SYMBOL APPROACH -- Chapter 10    MENTAL PROCESSES AS NEURAL PROCESSES:  THE BOTTOM UP APPROACH -- NEUROSCIENCE AND THE QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION -- NEUROSCIENCE OF EMOTIONS -- THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS IN DECISION MAKING -- Chapter 11    UNRESOLVED ISSUES:



MENTAL CAUSATION PROBLEM AND CONSCIOUSNESS -- MENTAL CAUSATION PROBLEM -- EMERGENTISM AND MENTAL CAUSATION -- CONSCIOUSNESS: A HARD PROBLEM FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE -- Chapter 12    EMBODIED, SITUATED COGNITION:  BRAIN, BODY AND WORLD -- BASIC IDEAS OF EMBODIED SITUATED COGNITION -- BRAIN, BODY AND WORLD -- PART III.   MIND IN PHYSICAL REALITY, ITS POTENTIALITY AND ACTUALITY -- Chapter 13    PROCESSUAL ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- CONSCIOUSNESS AS A MENTAL PROCESS -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROCESSES -- PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF POTENTIALITY -- Chapter 14    POTENTIALITY IN NATURE -- POTENTIALITY IN PHYSICS.

THE SECOND-ORDER PROCESSES: CHANGES OF POTENTIALITY -- PROCESS POTENTIALITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS -- Chapter 15    NONPROCESSUAL ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- IS CONSCIOUSNESS A PROCESS? -- THE SYNTHESIS OF PROCESSUAL AND NONPROCESSUAL  ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- Chapter 16    THE EXPERIENTIAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE PERSPECTIVITY DIMENSION OF REALITY -- TAKING AN EXPERIENTIAL PERSPECTIVE -- IRREDUCIBILITY OF THE EXPERIENTIAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE PERSPECTIVITY DIMENSION OF REALITY -- Chapter 17    DOES QUANTUM MECHANICS PROVIDE A MODELOF EXPERIENTIAL CONSCIOUSNESS? -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX.