The Explicit Animal - A Defence of Human Consciousness (Paperback, 1999 ed.)

There has been an extraordinary resurgence of interest in the enigma of human consciousness among neuroscientists, psychologists, and professional philosophers. Much work is aimed at accommodating consciousness within the currently dominant physicalist world picture. This book is a comprehensive and sometimes impassioned attack to "biologize" consciousness by explaining its origin in evolutionary terms and identifying mental phenomena with brain processes; to "computerize" it by identifying mind with the supposed computational activity of the brain; and to empty or eliminate it by denying the reality of qualia. Raymond Tallis's critique concludes with a long look at man--"the explicit animal"--that makes the irreducible mystery of human consciousness impossible to overlook or deny.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	R. Tallis
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	313
Edition:	1999 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-22418-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Promotions
LSN:	0-312-22418-4
Barcode:	9780312224189

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