The Conscious Mind
In Search of a Fundamental Theory
About this book
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory is an extended study of the problem of consciousness. After setting up the problem, David Chalmers argues that a reductive explanation of consciousness is impossible and that if one takes consciousness seriously, one has to go beyond a strict materialist framework. In the second half of the book, Chalmers moves toward a positive theory of consciousness with fundamental laws linking the physical and the experiential in a systematic way. Finally, he uses 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.
Subjects
- bewusstsein
- bewustzijn
- conscience
- consciousness
- dualism
- dualisme
- esprit
- esprit et corps
- kognitionswissenschaft
- leib-seele-problem
- mind and body
- mind and body.
- philosophie
- philosophie de l'esprit
- philosophy
- philosophy of mind
- philosophy of mind.
- reduktionismus
- théorie de la connaissance
- theorievorming