The Conscious Mind
In Search of a Fundamental Theory (Philosophy of Mind Series)
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Word Count
108,000 words, Guess
Page Count
432 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveconsciousmindsea00chal_650
- ISBN-100195117891
- ISBN-139780195117899
- Goodreads144960
- LibraryThing24424
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- Library of Congress Control Number95036036
- Better World Books9780195117899
- Open LibraryOL7388352M
Classifications
- LCCBD418.3
- LCCBD418.3 .C43 1996
- DDC128/.2
Description
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory is an extended study of the problem of consciousness. After setting up the problem, David Chalmers argues that a reductive explanation of consciousness is impossible and that if one takes consciousness seriously, one has to go beyond a strict materialist framework. In the second half of the book, Chalmers moves toward a positive theory of consciousness with fundamental laws linking the physical and the experiential in a systematic way. Finally, he uses the ideas and arguments developed earlier to defend a form of strong artificial intelligence and to analyze some problems in the foundations of quantum mechanics.
First Sentence
Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious.
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