This book addresses the nature of consciousness and the relation of mind to brain, body, and the material world. Against mechanistic and physicalist approaches, it employs a literary worldview that accommodates plural narratives, including those of neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology, and everyday experience.
This book addresses the nature of consciousness and the relation of mind to brain, body, and the material world. Against mechanistic and physicalist approaches, it employs a literary worldview that accommodates plural narratives, including those of neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology, and everyday experience.
1. Narrative2. The Physicalist Trap3. Naturalism4. The Essence(S) Of the Matter5. Why Psyche Matters6. Expressive Truth7. Irreducible Spirit8. Some Uses Of This Discovery