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Natural Fabrications

Science, Emergence and Consciousness

William Seager (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 264 Seiten

2012 | 2012
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-29598-0 (ISBN)

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The spectacular success of the scientific enterprise over the last four hundred years has led to the promise of an all encompassing vision of the natural world. In this elegant picture, everything we observe is based upon just a few fundamental processes and entities. The almost infinite variety and complexity of the world is thus the product of emergence. But the concept of emergence is fraught with controversy and confusion. This book ponders the question of how emergence should be understood within the scientific picture, and whether a complete vision of the world can be attained that includes consciousness.

William Seager is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He has written extensively on the problem of consciousness and its relation to the physical world. His publications include the books “Metaphysics of Consciousness” and “Theories of Consciousness”, many journal articles, book chapters and reviews.

The Scientific Picture of the World.- Looking Out.- Looking In.- Consciousness in the Brain.- Emergence and Consciousness.- Emergence and Cellular Automata.- Against Radical Emergence.- Emergence and Supervenience.- Generalized Epiphenomenalism.- The Paradox of Consciousness.- Embracing the Mystery.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2012
Reihe/Serie	The Frontiers Collection
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 264 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
Schlagworte	Cellular Automata • Consciousness Scenarios • Emergence of a Classical World • Mental Causation • Ontological Emergence • Reductionism and Antireductionism • "The Hard Pproblem" of Consciousness • “The Hard Pproblem” of Consciousness • Top-Down Causality • Weak vs. Strong Emergence
ISBN-10	3-642-29598-3 / 3642295983
ISBN-13	978-3-642-29598-0 / 9783642295980
Zustand	Neuware