The mind matters : consciousness and choice in a quantum world /

The mind matters : consciousness and choice in a quantum world /

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Author / Creator:Hodgson, David (David H.)
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Description:ix, 484 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Mind-brain identity theory -- Controversial literature.
Consciousness
Choice (Psychology)
Quantum theory
Philosophy of mind
Choice (Psychology)
Consciousness.
Mind-brain identity theory.
Philosophy of mind.
Quantum theory.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1135023
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ISBN:0198242921 : £45.00 (est.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I. Preliminaries
  • 1. General Approach and Assumptions
  • 2. Mental Events
  • 3. The Consensus
  • II. Against Mechanism
  • 4. More and Different Information
  • 5. Plausible Reasoning
  • 6. Consciousness Selected by Evolution
  • 7. Folk Psychology
  • 8. Transcending the Code
  • III. Quantum Mechanics
  • 9. Historical Outline
  • 11. The Quantum Mechanical State
  • 12. The Development of the Quantum State
  • 13. Combined Systems
  • 14. The Measurement Problem
  • 15. Quantum Theory and Reality
  • IV. Mind and the World
  • 16. Outline of a Theory of Mind
  • 17. The Self
  • 18. Time
  • 19. Sketches for a World-View
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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