BIC SubjectsPhilosophy of mind

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Mind Ascribed: An elaboration and defence of interpretivism

Bruno Mölder

This book provides a thoroughly worked out and systematic presentation of an interpretivist position in the philosophy of mind, of the view that having mental properties is a matter of interpretation. Bruno Mölder elaborates and defends a particular version of interpretivism, the ascription theory,… read more

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 80] 2010. xii, 293 pp.

Mind that Abides: Panpsychism in the new millennium

Edited by David Skrbina

Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select ‘higher animals’. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and noble… read more

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 75] 2009. xiv, 401 pp.

The Transparent Becoming of World: A crossing between process philosophy and quantum neurophilosophy

Gordon G. Globus †

The Transparent Becoming of World undertakes a penetrating inquiry into the quotidian world we take for granted and the brain that silently hoists our bubbles of world-thrownness. After critiquing the traditional views of direct realism, indirect realism and idealism, the continual becoming of… read more

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 77] 2009. xiii, 169 pp.

The Reflexive Nature of Consciousness

Greg Janzen

Combining phenomenological insights from Brentano and Sartre, but also drawing on recent work on consciousness by analytic philosophers, this book defends the view that conscious states are reflexive, and necessarily so, i.e., that they have a built-in, “implicit” awareness of their own occurrence,… read more

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 72] 2008. vii, 186 pp.

Conceptual Atomism and the Computational Theory of Mind: A defense of content-internalism and semantic externalism

John-Michael Kuczynski

What is it to have a concept? What is it to make an inference? What is it to be rational? On the basis of recent developments in semantics, a number of authors have embraced answers to these questions that have radically counterintuitive consequences, for example:One can rationally accept… read more

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 69] 2007. x, 524 pp.

To Understand a Cat: Methodology and philosophy

Sam S. Rakover

To understand a cat: methodology and philosophy rests on the realization that the everyday behavior of a cat (but other animals too) should be understood through a new approach, namely methodological dualism. It appeals to mechanistic explanation models and to mentalistic explanation models. It… read more

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 70] 2007. xviii, 253 pp.