Mind and causality

Mind and Causality......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC page......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 16
2. Changes in the meaning of causality: A potted history......Page 17
3. Determinism versus indeterminism......Page 20
4. Dynamical systems approaches: Determinism and indeterminism......Page 22
5. Whither developmental causality?......Page 25
References......Page 30
1. Phenomenology of causality......Page 34
2. The conditions for the perception of causality......Page 35
3. The importance of Michotte\'s work......Page 38
4. Causality and Gestalt problems in cognitive psychology......Page 40
5. Spizzo\'s effect......Page 42
6. Rhythmical patterns, dynamic systems and causality......Page 44
Note......Page 46
References......Page 47
1. Introduction: The rediscovery of the body and of the world......Page 50
2. Inner symbol flight......Page 51
3. Radical interactionism......Page 54
4. Minimal Cartesianism......Page 57
5. Scaling, rationality and complexity......Page 59
Notes......Page 62
References......Page 64
Premise......Page 68
1. The phenomenal field......Page 69
2. Language and the phenomenal field......Page 76
3. Conclusions......Page 79
Notes......Page 80
References......Page 81
1. Introduction......Page 84
2. A definition of cognitive naturalism......Page 85
3. K. Popper\'s criticism of materialism......Page 87
4. A reply to Popper......Page 89
5. Two kinds of epistemological pluralism: H. Putnam and J. McDowell......Page 97
6. A reply to McDowell: Intentionality naturalised......Page 102
Notes......Page 107
References......Page 108
1. Identity theory and mental causation......Page 112
2. The knowledge argument teaching......Page 114
3. Correlation and identity......Page 119
4. Getting rid of multiple realizability......Page 122
5. Between universal and individual......Page 125
6. Concluding remarks: Featuring mental states......Page 126
Notes......Page 127
References......Page 128
Introduction......Page 134
1. Mental states in a physical world......Page 135
2. Mary\'s scientific knowledge......Page 136
3. The ability reply......Page 138
4. Resisting the ability reply......Page 139
5. Conclusion......Page 141
Notes......Page 142
References......Page 143
Human cognition......Page 146
1. Human evolution and cognition......Page 147
2. Brain size and the evolutionary process......Page 149
3. The behavioral record......Page 152
4. The origin of modern human consciousness......Page 157
5. Conclusion......Page 161
References......Page 162
Introduction......Page 164
1.1. Taking leave of Laplace......Page 166
1.2. Three types of physical theory: Relativity, quantum physics and the theory of critical transitions in the behaviour of dynamical systems......Page 168
1.3. Some remarks......Page 173
2.1. The time of life......Page 175
2.2. Three forms of time......Page 177
2.3. Dynamics of the self-constitution of living systems......Page 182
2.4. Morphogenesis......Page 186
2.5. Information and geometric structure......Page 189
2.6. Globality and circularity in space and time......Page 192
3.1. Biological aspects......Page 193
3.2. Space: Laws of scaling and of critical behaviour. The geometry of biological functions......Page 195
3.3. Three types of time......Page 197
3.4. Epistemological and mathematical aspects......Page 199
3.5. Closing remarks......Page 204
Notes......Page 207
References**......Page 209
1. The causal variety: Some ``framework\'\' remarks......Page 214
2. Anisotropic causality......Page 219
3. A couple of ``common-sense\'\' examples relevant for reduction and emergence......Page 229
4. Dynamical systems and perception-action models......Page 234
Notes......Page 241
References......Page 242
Index......Page 244
The series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH......Page 248