Matter and Mind
Subtitle: a philosophical inquiry
By: by Mario Bunge
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 287; Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 287.
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9789048192243
Subjects: Matter; Mind and body; Quantum theory; Philosophy; Physics; Philosophy of mind
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Matter: 1. Philosophy as worldview ; 2. Classical matter: bodies and fields ; 3. Quantum matter: weird but real ; 4. General concept of matter: to be is to become ; 5. Emergence and levels ; 6. Naturalism ; 7. Materialism; title: pt. II. Mind: 8. The mind-body problem ; 9. Minding matter: the plastic brain ; 10. Mind and society ; 11. Cognition, consciousness, and free will ; 12. Brain and computer: the hardware/software dualism ; 13. Knowledge: genuine and bogus; title: pt. III. Appendices: 14. Appendix A: Objects ; 15. Appendix B. Truths.