Rediscovery of the Mind

Name: Rediscovery of the Mind
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ISBN: 9780262691543

ISBN-10: 026269154X

ISBN-13: 9780262691543

Edition: 1992

Authors: John R. Searle, Robert L. Kosut, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi

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In this major new work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind. More than anything else, he argues, it is the neglect of consciousness that results in so much barrenness and sterility in psychology, the philosophy of mind, and cognitive science: there can be no study of mind that leaves out consciousness. What is going on in the brain is neurophysiological processes and consciousness and nothing more - no rule following, no mental information processing or mental models, no language of thought, and no universal grammar. Mental events are themselves features of the brain, "like liquidity is a feature of water." Beginning with a spirited…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/8/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.06" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



What's Wrong with the Philosophy of Mind



The Recent History of Materialism: The Same Mistake Over and Over



Breaking the Hold: Silicon Brains, Conscious Robots, and Other Minds



Consciousness and Its Place in Nature



Reductionism and Irreducibility of Consciousness



The Structure of Consciousness: An Introduction



The Unconscious and Its Relation to Consciousness



Consciousness, Intentionality, and the Background



The Critique of Cognitive Reason



The Proper Study


Notes


Bibliography


Subject Index


Name Index