Mechanisms in World and Mind: Perspective Dualism, Systems Theory, Neuroscience, Reductive Physicalism - Couverture souple

Lindemann, Bernd

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845407709 ISBN 13 : 9781845407704

Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2014

Synopsis

The topic of the reduction of mental processes to biophysical mechanisms touches at the core of the mind-body problem, a puzzle in the philosophy of mind since the days of Descartes. This book is about philosophical aspects of neuroscience, centred on perspective dualism. The topic unfolds in the discussion of mechanisms in world and mind. Neuronal mechanisms of differing complexity are described in a general way. It is shown how models of such mechanisms may be classified and assigned to levels of systems theory. Reduction strategies are applied to processes of life, mind, and consciousness. The aim is physicalistic, to explore if and how the mental may be understood in terms of biophysics and its mechanisms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bernd Lindemann is a retired professor of physiology at Universität des Saarlandes, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imprint Academic
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845407709
• ISBN 13: 9781845407704
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible