Mind and Cosmos Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False

Name: Mind and Cosmos Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
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ISBN: 9780199919758

ISBN-10: 0199919755

ISBN-13: 9780199919758

Edition: 2012

Authors: Thomas Nagel

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InMind and CosmosThomas Nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenable. The mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodies. If materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality, then we must abandon a purely materialist understanding of nature in general, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence…

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List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/26/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 5.71" wide x 8.31" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.638



Preface



Introduction



Antireductionism and the Natural Order



Consciousness



Cognition



Value



Conclusion


Index