The Living Mind: From Psyche to ConsciousnessAs enthusiasm for computational models of the mind has waned and the revolution in neuroscience has progressed, attention in philosophy and cognitive science has shifted toward more biological approaches. The Living Mind establishes that mind cannot be immaterial or reduced to mechanistic or cybernetic processes, but must instead possess a subjectivity embodied in an animal organism. On this basis, the work proceeds to show why mind involves a pre-conscious psyche, a non-discursive consciousness and self-consciousness, and an intelligence overcoming the opposition of consciousness. In so doing, The Living Mind provides a detailed account of the psyche and consciousness, paving the way for conceiving the psychological enabling conditions of rational theory and practice. |
Contents
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Chapter 03 Mind and Life | 45 |
THE SYSTEM OF MIND | 75 |
Chapter 04 Psyche Consciousness and Intelligence as Irreducible Spheres of Mind | 77 |
The Psyche | 91 |
Chapter 07 Habit Expression and the Emergence of Consciousness | 125 |
Consciousness | 143 |
Chapter 08 The Elementary Shapes of Consciousness | 145 |
Chapter 09 SelfConsciousness | 191 |
Chapter 10 Consciousness as Reason | 223 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 291 |
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Chapter 05 The Nature of the Psyche | 93 |
Chapter 06 The Feeling Psyche | 107 |
About the Author | 307 |
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