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How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem

Nicholas Humphrey, Editor

The mind is the brain. Each mental state — each hope, fear, thought — can be identified with a particular physical state of the brain, without remainder. So argues Nicholas Humphrey in this highly readable yet scholarly essay. He offers strong support for his "identity theory" from evolution. His controversial claim is discussed and challenged in commentaries by authors such as Andy Clark (Being There, 1997), Daniel Dennett (Consciousness Explained, 1991; Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995) and Ralph Ellis (Questioning Consciousness, 1995). Humphrey rounds off the collection with a response to his critics. Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies (Vol.7, No.4, 2000), this collection offers an excellent short introduction to the mind-body problem and the study of consciousness.

"Humphrey presents his theory here in a coherent, easy to follow, self-contained way . . . sets out some interesting new avenues of investigation" Metapsychology

"This totally engaging book not so much challenges current views on this most ancient of problem than cogently argues for its definition." Human Nature Review

"Coherent, readable and self-contained." Philosophical Writings

Table of Contents

  • Nicholas Humphrey, "How to Solve the Mind–Body Problem"
  • Andy Clark, "Phenomenal Immediacy and the Doors of Sensation"
  • Daniel Dennett, "It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature"
  • Naomi Eilan, "Comment on Nicholas Humphrey's 'How to Solve the Mind–Body Problem'"
  • Ralph Ellis, "Efferent Brain Processes and the Enactive Approach to Consciousness"
  • Valerie Gray Hardcastle, "Hard Things Made Hard"
  • Stevan Harnad, "Correlation vs. Causality: How/Why the Mind–Body Problem is Hard"
  • Natika Newton, "Humphrey's Solution"
  • Christian de Quincey, "Conceiving the Inconceivable: Fishing for Consciousness with a Net of Miracles"
  • Carol Rovane, "Not Mind–Body but Mind–Mind"
  • Robert Van Gulick, "Closing the Gap?"
  • Nicholas Humphrey, "In Reply"

· ISBN 0-907845-08-8 · Published April 2000 by Imprint Academic · Paperback · 112 pages · $13.90 ·

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