Knowledge and the Body-Mind Problem - In Defence of Interaction (Hardcover, New)

Based upon the Kenan Lectures that Karl Popper delivered at Emory University, "Knowledge and the Body-Mind Problem" raises problems connected with human freedom, creativity, rationality, and the relationship between human beings and their actions. These are what Popper calls "big issues" - too big for easy answers, but too important to be ignored. In these lectures, and in the discussions that follow them, Sir Karl develops a theory of body-mind interaction. This theory involves evolutionary emergence, human language, and that realm of autonomous products of the human mind which Popper calls "World 3". According to Popper, consciousness emerged in the course of evolution as a kind of control system for the body, like a driver is a control system for a car. Objective knowledge - the kind of knowledge that is found in books and libraries - then emerged in the course of evolution as a higher level control system for the mind. Simply put, objective knowledge is the mind's control system for critical problem solving. In this way, full consciousness - the kind of consciousness that humans can have - is anchored in World 3 and is closely linked to human language, problems, and theories.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1994
First published:	1995
Editors:	M.A. Notturno
Authors:	Karl Popper
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	170
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11504-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	0-415-11504-3
Barcode:	9780415115049

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