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Mind that abides : panpsychism in the new millennium /
Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select 'higher animals'. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Advances in consciousness research ;
v. 75. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select 'higher animals'. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and noble history in both Western and Eastern thought. Overlooked by analytical, materialist philosophy for most of the 20th century, it is now experiencing a renaissance of sorts in several areas of inquiry. A number of recent books - including Skrbina's Panpsychism in the West (2005) and Strawson et al's Consci. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-397) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027290038 9027290032 1282104799 9781282104792 |
| ISSN: | 1381-589X ; |