Mechanisms in World and Mind

Perspective Dualism, Systems Theory, Neuroscience, Reductive Physicalism

Bernd Lindemann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2014
Imprint Academic (Verlag)
978-1-84540-770-4 (ISBN)

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The topic of the reduction of mental processes to biophysical mechanisms touches at the core of the mind-body problem, a puzzle in the philosophy of mind since the days of Descartes. This book is about philosophical aspects of neuroscience, centred on perspective dualism. The topic unfolds in the discussion of mechanisms in world and mind. Neuronal mechanisms of differing complexity are described in a general way. It is shown how models of such mechanisms may be classified and assigned to levels of systems theory. Reduction strategies are applied to processes of life, mind, and consciousness. The aim is physicalistic, to explore if and how the mental may be understood in terms of biophysics and its mechanisms.

Bernd Lindemann is a retired professor of physiology at Universitat des Saarlandes, Germany.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2014
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 210 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-84540-770-9 / 1845407709
ISBN-13	978-1-84540-770-4 / 9781845407704
Zustand	Neuware