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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John R Searle |
| ISBN: | 0195157338 9780195157338 0195157346 9780195157345 |
| OCLC Number: | 55000584 |
| Description: | 326 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Contents: | Why I wrote this book -- A dozen problems in the philosophy of mind -- The turn to materialism -- Arguments against materialism -- Consciousness Part 1: Consciousness and the mind-body problem -- Consciousness Part II: The structure of consciousness and neurobiology -- Intentionality -- Mental causation -- Free will -- The unconscious and the explanation of behavior -- Perception -- The self -- Philosophy and the scientific world-view. |
| Series Title: | Fundamentals of philosophy (Oxford, England) |
| Responsibility: | John R. Searle. |
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Abstract:
"John Searle offers here a direct and open discussion of philosophy, one that skewers accepted wisdom even as it offers striking new insights into the nature of consciousness and the mind."--BOOK JACKET.
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