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Philosophy of mind [sound recording] / by Pessin, Andrew,1962-; Recorded Books, LLC.;
Includes bibliographical references (guide)Mind and body -- Dualism -- Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the science of the mind -- The identity theory -- Functionalism -- Computer minds -- Mind-body causation, Part I -- What are thoughts? -- The language of thoughts -- Theories of meaning -- Consciousness and the physical world, Part I -- Consciousness and the physical world, Part II -- Mind-body causation, Part II -- Eliminativism.Lecture given by Andrew Pessin.The nature of the mind lies at the heart of the eternal human quest for understanding. What does it mean to think? What is the relation between mind and body, and where do we draw the line between "physical" and "mental"? With an enthusiastic and scholarly approach, Professor Andrew Pessin of Connecticut College addresses these and other questions, including a studied look at beliefs, consciousness, groundbreaking thought experiments, and whether or not computers can ever truly think.Compact disc.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Philosophy of mind.;
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Philosophy of mind [videorecording] : brains, consciousness, and thinking machines by Grim, Patrick.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Taught by Professor Patrick Grim, State University of New York at Stony Brook.A series of 24 lectures on various aspects of the phenomenon of consciousness.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Artificial intelligence.; Brain.; Consciousness.; Thought and thinking.;
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Philosophy in 40 ideas : lessons for life.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy.;
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Goodbye, Descartes : the end of logic and the search for a new cosmology of the mind / by Devlin, Keith J.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind.;
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Theories of the mind. by Priest, Stephen.;
Subjects: Philosophy of mind.;
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Teach yourself philosophy of mind / by Thompson, Mel,1946-(CARDINAL)767935;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind.;
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On being human : why mind matters / by Kagan, Jerome,author.(CARDINAL)518667;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.Schemata and words -- What does it mean to know? -- Settings matter -- Status gradients -- Hyping genes -- Can brain explain mind? -- The family's contribution -- On spruce trees and cats -- What is education for? -- Expectations -- The force of feelings -- Does a moral person behave morally?"Kagan relies on the evidence to argue that thoughts and emotions are distinct from their biological and genetic bases. In separate chapters he deals with the meaning of words, kinds of knowing, the powerful influence of social class, the functions of education, emotion, morality, and other issues. And without fail he sheds light on these ideas while remaining honest to their complexity."
Subjects: Essays.; Psychology; Philosophy of mind.;
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Mind : a brief introduction / by Searle, John R.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why I wrote this book -- A dozen problems in the philosophy of mind -- The turn to materialism -- Arguments against materialism -- Consciousness Part 1: Consciousness and the mind-body problem -- Consciousness Part II: The structure of consciousness and neurobiology -- Intentionality -- Mental causation -- Free will -- The unconscious and the explanation of behavior -- Perception -- The self -- Philosophy and the scientific world-view.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind.;
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The rediscovery of the mind / by Searle, John R.(CARDINAL)723905;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and indexes.1320L
Subjects: Consciousness.; Philosophy of mind.;
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The immortal mind : science and the continuity of consciousness beyond the brain / by Laszlo, Ervin,1932-author.(CARDINAL)143751; Peake, Anthony,author.(CARDINAL)425326;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: The Big Question -- Part 1. The Evidence: Consciousness beyond the Brain -- 1. Near-Death Experiences -- 2. Apparitions and After-Death Communication -- 3. Medium-Transmitted Communication -- 4. Instrumental Transcommunication -- 5. Past-Life Recollection -- 6. Reincarnation -- Part 2. The Science: Cosmos and Consciousness -- 7. The Rediscovery of the Deep Dimension -- 8. Consciousness in the Cosmos -- Part 3. The Explanation -- 9. Reexperiencing Consciousness: The Recall from the Akasha -- 10. Death and Beyond: The Return to the Akasha -- Afterword: Conscious Immortality: The Dawn of a New Era."Scientific evidence for the continual presence of consciousness with or without connection to a living organism"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind.; Consciousness.;
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