On the Existence of the Self: And the Dismantling of the Physical Causal Closure Argument - Couverture souple

Chittaranjan Naik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1639976477 ISBN 13 : 9781639976478

Editeur : Notion Press, 2021

Synopsis

Today most scientists and philosophers have come to regard the notion of the self as a kind of illusion, as a theoretical construct similar to the notion we have of the center of gravity. There are two reasons for this phenomenon: the first is due to the view propagated by the empirical sciences that all things in the universe, including the presence of consciousness, can be explained solely from physical causes; and the second is due to the philosophical arguments marshaled against substance ontology by David Hume and Emmanuel Kant and the consequent discarding of the idea of self as substance.

This book confronts both these views – in two separate parts of the book - and shows them to be untenable. It provides a fresh proof of the self’s existence by demonstrating that the goal-oriented actions of living beings cannot be explained solely through the laws of physics and that these actions point to a unique power possessed by the self,known in Indian philosophy as kriya-shakti. This proof, along with the Direct Perception Theory presented by the author in his ground-breaking first book ‘Natural Realism and Contact Theory of Perception’, effectively dismantles the idea that the physical universe forms a causal closure and open the doors to a domain of knowledge beyond empirical science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Notion Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1639976477
• ISBN 13: 9781639976478
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 206
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