What is consciousness? What is its place in the physical universe? How did it arise in the course of cosmic evolution? Is there such as thing as a genuine human self? This collection of essays examines metaphysical questions of consciousness through in-depth examinations of main…
Dennett and his critics: demystifying mind
by Dahlbom, Bo
fromPhilosophers and their critics
Daniel Dennett is arguably one of the most influential yet radical philosophers of America. In this volume, Dennett is confronted by colleagues and critics, from philosophy, biology and psychology. His reply constitutes an extensive essay which clarifies, and develops further, c…
Human beings are animals -- Main challenges to establishing the first premise -- Animals are enduring agents -- Sensation is a bodily act -- In human being the agent that performs the act of sensing is identical with the agent that performs the act of understanding -- An argumen…
The philosophy of W.V. Quine
by Hahn, Lewis Edwin, Quine, W. V.
fromThe Library of Living Philosophers
"The author's aim of providing an understanding of the development, content and presentation of two aspects of Descartes' philosophy of the human soul - immortality and body-soul union - has been achieved and executed with rigour, scholarship and philosophical acuity. Fowler com…
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Agostino Nifo De intellectu
by Spruit, Leen, Nifo, Agostino
fromBrill's studies in intellectual history
"In 1503, Nifo published De intellectu, the major work of his early career, touching on questions of philosophical psychology. Based on a detailed assessment of the views of his predecessors, Nifo in this work presented an analysis of the main issues of Peripatetic noetics, name…