The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
Oxford University Press (1996)
| Abstract | The book is an extended study of the problem of consciousness. After setting up the problem, I argue that reductive explanation of consciousness is impossible (alas!), and that if one takes consciousness seriously, one has to go beyond a strict materialist framework. In the second half of the book, I move toward a positive theory of consciousness with fundamental laws linking the physical and the experiential in a systematic way. Finally, I use the ideas and arguments developed earlier to defend a form of strong artificial intelligence and to analyze some problems in the foundations of quantum mechanics. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Philosophy of mind Consciousness Mind and body Dualism | |||||||||
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| Call number | BD418.3.C43 1996 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0195117891 9780195117899 | |||||||||
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