Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program
explores the nature of consciousness and its place in the world,
offering a revisionist account of what it means to say that
consciousness is nothing over and above the physical. By
synthesizing work in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and
philosophy of science from the last twenty years and forging a
dialogue with contemporary research in the empirical sciences of
the mind, Andreas Elpidorou and Guy Dove advance and defend a novel
formulation of physicalism. Although physicalism has been
traditionally understood to be a metaphysical thesis, Elpidorou and
Dove argue that there is an alternative and indeed preferable
understanding of physicalism that both renders physicalism a
scientifically informed explanatory project and allows us to make
important progress in addressing the ontological problem of
consciousness. Physicalism, Elpidorou and Dove hold, is best viewed
not as a thesis (metaphysical or otherwise) but as an
interdisciplinary research program that aims to compositionally
explain all natural phenomena that are central to our understanding
of our place in nature. Consciousness and Physicalism is replete
with philosophical arguments and informed, through and through, by
findings in many areas of scientific research. It advances the
debate regarding the ontological status of consciousness. It will
interest students and scholars in philosophy of mind, metaphysics,
philosophy of cognitive science, and philosophy of science. And it
will challenge both foes and friends of physicalism.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Andreas Elpidorou
• Guy Dove
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
226 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-66678-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-367-66678-2 |
Barcode: |
9780367666781 |
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