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9780812696639

How the Mind Uses the Brain To Move the Body and Image the Universe

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    9780812696639

  • ISBN10:

    0812696638

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-05-25
  • Publisher: Open Court

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Summary

With recent advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience, the nature of consciousness and the relation between mind and brain have become the most hotly debated topics in philosophy Yet agreement looks farther away than ever.

Author Biography

Ralph D. Ellis is Professor of Philosophy at Clark Atlanta University. His books include Coberence and Verification in Ethics (1991), Questioning Consciousness (1995), and Curious Emotions (2005).
Natika Newton is Professor of Philosophy at Nassau Community College and author of Foundations of Understanding (1996). Ellis and Newton have co-edited The Caldron of Consciousness (2000) and now co-edit the pathbreaking series of monographs, Consciousness and Emotion.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Searching for the Covert Agent of Consciousnessp. vii
The Devil's Pact (Or, Why the Hard Problem Is Now So Hard)p. 1
Action at the Macro Level: An Agent-based Theory of Intentionalityp. 25
Action Imagery and Representation of the External Worldp. 49
Do We Need an Emergency Metaphysician? Action versus Reaction at the Micro Levelp. 63
Herding Neurons: The Causal Structure of Self-Organizing Systemsp. 83
The Paradoxes within Phenomenal Consciousnessp. 99
The Self-Organizing Imagination: Addressing the Mind-Body Problemp. 135
Introspection and Private Accessp. 163
Action Imagery and the Role of Efferencep. 195
Connecting Physiology with Phenomenologyp. 217
Referencesp. 239
Indexp. 259
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