A 3lb mass of moist biological matter, the brain is locked away in the dark and silent fortress of the skull, and yet somehow it produces the extraordinary multi-sensory experience that comprises us, every day of our lives. Just how it does this is revealed through six fascinati…
A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to…
Dan Zahavi engages with classical phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and a range of empirical disciplines to explore the nature of selfhood. He argues that the most fundamental level of selfhood is not socially constructed or dependent upon others, but accepts that certain dimen…
Intelligence Unbound explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists. Compelling and…
Offers an investigation of a range of solutions provided for the philosophical problem of mental causation. This book analyses the premises constituting the problem and develops a survey of the most popular theories on mental causation.
Richard Dien Winfield's book The Living Mind is a timely book that explores the biological foundations of psychology from a broadly Hegelian perspective.
Some works on the philosophy of mind suggest that the choice may have far-reaching consequences on central topics of this discipline, eg, token physicalism, multiple realisability, mental causation, perception, introspection, self-awareness. This book explores the extent to whic…
What is embodiment and why does it matter for understanding the mind? Can the machinery of mind extend beyond the head? With a substantial Foreword by David Chalmers, Supersizing the Mind is essential reading for all those interested in embodied cognition, the extended mind, and…
Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness
An introduction to the key terms, concepts, thinkers and texts in philosophy of mind. It includes an introductory chapter that provides context and background, while the following chapters offer detailed definitions of key terms and concepts, introductions to the work of key thi…
Have you ever lain awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? This book introduces and explains the problems of knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics, belief, justice and aesthetics that have engaged the attention of thinkers since…
