Philosophy of Mind (World Philosophy Series)

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND......Page 3
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND......Page 5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Abstract......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
Positions on the Cognitive Condition......Page 15
Hope and the Future......Page 19
Belief as Affirmation......Page 23
Concepts of Subjective Uncertainty......Page 25
An Objection......Page 27
Problems with Day’s View of Belief and the Justification of Belief as Affirmation......Page 29
The Need for Belief as Affirmation......Page 30
Day’s Justification for His View of Belief Is Inadequate......Page 32
Answering Day’s Challenge......Page 34
Implications for Kant’s Moral Argument for the Existence of God......Page 36
A Standard Objection to Kant’s Argument......Page 38
Nevertheless Kant’s Argument Shows that Agents  may Not be Atheists......Page 39
Theism Is Also Incompatible with the Idea that Agents  Are Bound by the Moral Law......Page 41
The Implication is that Agents must be “Hopeful” Agnostics......Page 43
Conclusion......Page 45
References......Page 46
Abstract......Page 49
Introduction......Page 50
Consciousness Plays a Role in Our Behaviour......Page 51
From an Information-Processing to a Person Approach to Consciousness......Page 54
The Sense of Self......Page 56
The Main Activity that Consciousness  Allows a Person to Do......Page 59
The Underlying Mechanism of Consciousness......Page 62
Consciousness Creates Orders......Page 67
Conclusion......Page 69
References......Page 70
Abstract......Page 83
Stress Related Illnesses......Page 84
A Way Out - Mindful Exercise......Page 86
Qigong and Its Significance......Page 87
Neurophysiological Effects of Qigong......Page 88
Data Sources and Search Strategies......Page 90
Data Analysis......Page 91
Results......Page 92
Qigong and Resting State......Page 100
Qigong and Sleeping State......Page 101
Concentrative Qigong (CQ) and Non-Concentrative Qigong (NCQ)......Page 102
Possible Bi-Directional Regulatory Effects of Qigong......Page 103
Personality......Page 104
Sensory Processing and Intellectual Ability......Page 105
Conclusion and Limitations......Page 106
References......Page 108
Abstract......Page 117
Introduction......Page 118
Decisions......Page 120
Non Conscious Decisions......Page 124
Conscious Decisions......Page 126
Language......Page 128
Morals......Page 129
Happiness......Page 130
Beauty......Page 131
Religion......Page 133
Psychological Medicine......Page 135
Depression......Page 136
Psychosis......Page 137
Discussion......Page 138
References......Page 139
Abstract......Page 143
1. A “Neurobiological” Mind?......Page 144
2. A “Cultural” Mind?......Page 148
3. A Mind between Neurobiology and Culture......Page 155
References......Page 157
Abstract......Page 159
Introduction......Page 160
Mind and Science......Page 162
Numbers in Mind......Page 164
Geometric Interpretation for Vectors that Multiply......Page 167
The Nonassociative Octonions......Page 170
Noncommutativity in Matrix Algebra......Page 172
Local Vs. Global Information......Page 173
On Relativistic Additions......Page 174
Mechanical Computation......Page 175
Conclusion......Page 176
Appendix......Page 179
References......Page 185
Index......Page 187