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A Place for Consciousness

Probing the Deep Structure of the Natural World

Gregg H Rosenberg author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:9th Dec '04

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What place does consciousness have in the natural world? If we reject materialism, could there even be a credible alternative? In A Place for Consciousness, Rosenberg addresses the causal role of consciousness in the world from an anti-physicalist perspective. Introducing a new paradigm called Liberal Naturalism, he offers a profound framework that proposes a deep link between consciousness and causation. Using this framework, he undercuts the logic of the historical debate and deflates the question of causality that physicalists have long been posing to anti-physicalists. Ultimately, he gives consciousness a causally important role without supposing either that it is physical or that it interacts with the physical.

The complexity and originality of Rosenberg's book * Dean W. Zimmerman, Times Literary Supplement *
He proposes an original theory of causation * Dean W. Zimmerman, Times Literary Supplement *

ISBN: 9780195168143

Dimensions: 166mm x 241mm x 25mm

Weight: 612g

344 pages