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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markič, Olga.

Uršič, Marko.

Ule, A. (Andrej)

Series:

World philosophy series.

World philosophy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Mind-brain identity theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The main purpose of this book is to investigate, from the philosophical point of view, the concept of mind in some quickly developing fields of contemporary science, from physics and cosmology to biology and cognitive science. New scientific investigations have brought many empirical results that help to explain natural phenomena from quantum states to human thinking, yet the question of the nature of the mind itself is still open. In this book, the authors discuss several philosophical problems raised or reformulated by recent scientific discoveries. The authors use an interdisciplinary and holistic approach that bridges the gap between scientific and humanistic pictures of the mind.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62081-343-2

OCLC:

923668956