A01=David J. Chalmers
Author_David J. Chalmers
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- ISBN 9780195117899
- Weight: 703g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 12 Mar 1998
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning?
David J. Chalmers unveils a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, while offering provocative insights into the relationship between mind and brain. Writing in a thought-provoking style, Chalmers proposes that conscious experience must be understood as an irreducible entity similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts. Engaging and penetrating, this book adds a fresh new perspective to the subject that is sure to spark debate about our understanding of the mind for years to come.
David J. Chalmers is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
