A Place for Consciousness : Probing the Deep Structure of the Natural World
Rosenberg, G. H.
A Place for Consciousness : Probing the Deep Structure of the Natural World [Electronic Resource] / by G. H. Rosenberg. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
What place does consciousness have in the natural world? If we reject materialism, could there even be a credible alternative? In this book, the author addresses the causal role of consciousness in the world from an anti-physicalist perspective. Introducing a new paradigm called Liberal Naturalism, he offers a profound framework that proposes a deep link between consciousness and causation. Using this framework, he undercuts the logic of the historical debate and deflates the question of causality that physicalists have long been posing to anti-physicalists. Ultimately, he gives consciousness a causally important role without supposing either that it is physical or that it interacts with the physical.
9780195168143
Metaphysics
Philosophy Of Mind
126 / R721P
A Place for Consciousness : Probing the Deep Structure of the Natural World [Electronic Resource] / by G. H. Rosenberg. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
What place does consciousness have in the natural world? If we reject materialism, could there even be a credible alternative? In this book, the author addresses the causal role of consciousness in the world from an anti-physicalist perspective. Introducing a new paradigm called Liberal Naturalism, he offers a profound framework that proposes a deep link between consciousness and causation. Using this framework, he undercuts the logic of the historical debate and deflates the question of causality that physicalists have long been posing to anti-physicalists. Ultimately, he gives consciousness a causally important role without supposing either that it is physical or that it interacts with the physical.
9780195168143
Metaphysics
Philosophy Of Mind
126 / R721P