Quintessence of Dust: The Science of Matter and the Philosophy of Mind (Cognitive Science) - Hardcover

Redner, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004426027 ISBN 13: 9789004426023

Verlag: BRILL/RODOPI, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Quintessence of Dust by Harry Redner argues for a science of matter and a philosophy of mind based on emergence. Mind emerges from matter through five essential stages - "quintessence" (Hamlet). Human mind is differentiated from animal mind primarily by reference to art (Homo ludens). This approach draws support from Donald, Edelman and other palaeoanthropologists, psychologists and neurologists.
The emergent relation between two entities is defined as an indissoluble non-identity. The "mind as machine" thesis, artificial intelligence and cognitivism are criticised. The alternative emergentist approach comes close to Spinoza. The book attempts a synthesis of the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities based on philosophic premises.

"... I find the core of the argument, as well as its exposition, coherent, convincing and illuminating ... I put Quintessence of Dust in the top 5% of books in the field."
-Miguel Candel Sanmartin, University of Barcelona, in Thesis Eleven August 2022

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Harry Redner was formerly Reader at Monash University in Melbourne and has held endowed Chairs and visiting Professorships at leading universities in the U.S.A., Germany, France and Israel. He is the author of fifteen books on subjects ranging across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, above all philosophy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BRILL/RODOPI
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9004426027
• ISBN 13: 9789004426023
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 386
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