Process Approaches to Consciousness in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781438429410)

This collection opens a dialogue between process philosophy and contemporary consciousness studies. Approaching consciousness from diverse disciplinary perspectives--philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, neuropathology, psychotherapy, biology, animal ethology, and physics--the contributors offer empirical and philosophical support for a model of consciousness inspired by the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947). Whitehead's model is developed in ways he could not have anticipated to show how it can advance current debates beyond well-known sticking points. This has trenchant consequences for epistemology and suggests fresh and promising new perspectives on such topics as the mind-body problem, the neurobiology of consciousness, animal consciousness, the evolution of consciousness, panpsychism, the unity of consciousness, epiphenomenalism, free will, and causation.

Author: Michel Weber
ISBN-10: 143842941X
ISBN-13: 9781438429410
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2009
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d

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