Microgenetic Theory and Process Thought

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The chapters in this volume attempt to establish some foundational principles of a theory of the mind/brain grounded in evolutionary and process theory. From this standpoint, the book discusses some main problems in philosophical psychology, including the nature and origins of the mind/brain state, experience and consciousness, feeling, subjective time and free will. The approach - that of microgenesis - holds that formative phases in the generation of the mental state are the primary focus ...

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Full title :Microgenetic Theory and Process Thought.

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Publication Date:2015.

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Publisher(s):Andrews UK
Place of Publication:Luton
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Description:1 online resource (286 pages)

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ISBN:9781845408138, 1845408136, 9781845408121, 1845408128
oclc:ocn915311687
LC Classification:BF38 .B694 2015
Dewey Decimal:128.2

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Epigraph; Preface; Body matter; Chapter 1. The Mind/Brain State: Nature; Chapter 2. The Mind/Brain State: Origins; Chapter 3. Experience; Chapter 4. What is Consciousness?; Chapter 5. Feeling; Chapter 6. Thinking; Chapter 7. Novelty and Causation; Chapter 8. Certainty and Conviction; Chapter 9. Psychology of Free Will; Theoretical Note 1. Probability and Potential; Theoretical Note 2. On Truth; Theoretical Note 3. On the Direction of Time; Theoretical Note 4. Origins of Religious Belief; Back matter; References.

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