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What is it not Like to be a Brain?

Abstract

The standard objection to materialism is inverted. It is argued that materialism fails to do justice to the nature of matter; it omits or distorts the distinctive character of physical phenomena. The symmetry of identity plays a crucial role in the argument.

Abstract

The standard objection to materialism is inverted. It is argued that materialism fails to do justice to the nature of matter; it omits or distorts the distinctive character of physical phenomena. The symmetry of identity plays a crucial role in the argument.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Biological feasibility of quantum approaches to consciousness 1
  5. The Natural Philosophy and Physics of Consciousness 63
  6. Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness 83
  7. Neuropsychological Investigations 117
  8. What is consciousness? 145
  9. Thinking together quantum brain dynamics and postmodernism 175
  10. Consciousness and non-hierarchical physics 191
  11. Time and the Laws of Nature 219
  12. Matter, Mind and the quantum 227
  13. What is it not Like to be a Brain? 257
  14. On the nature of anamalous phenomena 269
  15. The philosophy of consciousness, ‘deep’ teleology and objective selection 293
  16. Name index 313
  17. Subject index 317
The Physical Nature of Consciousness
This chapter is in the book The Physical Nature of Consciousness
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.29.11mcg

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Biological feasibility of quantum approaches to consciousness 1
  5. The Natural Philosophy and Physics of Consciousness 63
  6. Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness 83
  7. Neuropsychological Investigations 117
  8. What is consciousness? 145
  9. Thinking together quantum brain dynamics and postmodernism 175
  10. Consciousness and non-hierarchical physics 191
  11. Time and the Laws of Nature 219
  12. Matter, Mind and the quantum 227
  13. What is it not Like to be a Brain? 257
  14. On the nature of anamalous phenomena 269
  15. The philosophy of consciousness, ‘deep’ teleology and objective selection 293
  16. Name index 313
  17. Subject index 317
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