The Conscious Mind
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| Author | David Chalmers |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy of mind |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 978-0195117899 |
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory is a 1996 book by David Chalmers,[1] an Australian philosopher specializing in the area of philosophy of mind.
Summary
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Chalmers presents the major arguments against materialist theories of consciousness, and then advances his own dualistic theory of consciousness based on "Shannon information partitions".[2] He refers to his alternate view as naturalistic dualism.
Reception
The Conscious Mind has been reviewed in journals such as Foundations of Physics,[3] Psychological Medicine,[4] Mind,[5] The Journal of Mind and Behavior,[2] and Australian Review of Books.[6] The book was described by The Sunday Times as "one of the best science books of the year."[7]
References
- ^ David Chalmers. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- ^ a b https://umaine.edu/jmb/back-issues/1996-2/volume-17-number-4-autumn-1996/
- ^ Henry P. Stapp. Book Review -- The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Foundations of Physics, Volume 26, Number 8, 1996, pp. 1091-1097.
- ^ John Smythes. The Conscious Mind. By D. Chalmers Psychological Medicine (1998), 28 : 233-241.
- ^ Joseph Levine. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Mind, Vol. 107, No. 428 (Oct., 1998), pp. 877-881.
- ^ Peter Goldsworthy. Review of The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Australian Review of Books, November 1997, pp. 6-7.
- ^ The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory (1996), paperback edition, back cover.
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