Mind, Matter and Life
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Mind, Matter and Life

The Mind-Matter Problem within the Neo-Darwinian Materialist Conception of Nature

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eBook - ePub

Mind, Matter and Life

The Mind-Matter Problem within the Neo-Darwinian Materialist Conception of Nature

About this book

Mind, Matter and Life shows that the mind-body problem concerns not only the relationship between mind and brain but also our current conception of the very phenomenon of life. In fact, this problem concerns our conception of nature as a whole in materialist terms. By addressing neo-Darwinism's argument - that since a naturalistic explanation for the emergence and development of living organisms exists or is, in principle, viable, living organisms are not what they appear to be and thus not the products of a mind - Mind, Matter and Life argues that this is not the case.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Mind, Matter and Life
  3. Half-Title Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Dedication
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1: The Cell: A System Which Seems to Be a Product of Mind
  12. Chapter 2: The Mind-Matter Problem and the Concept of Authorship
  13. Chapter 3: The Mind-Matter Problem and the Origin of Life
  14. Chapter 4: The Seeds of Life in Cosmic Ray Physics
  15. Chapter 5: A Living Organism as the Product of a Mind
  16. Chapter 6: A Beautiful Question: Is Life a Work of Art?
  17. Chapter 7: The Hard Problem of Matter
  18. Conclusions
  19. Endnotes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Back Cover