The Conscious Mind
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| Author | David Chalmers |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy of mind |
| Published | 1996 (Oxford University Press) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 978-0195117899 |
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory is a 1996 book by David Chalmers,[1] an Australian philosopher specializing in the area of philosophy of mind.
Summary
Chalmers presents the major arguments against materialist theories of consciousness, and then advances his own dualistic theory of consciousness based on "Shannon information partitions".[2]
Scholarly reception
The Conscious Mind has been reviewed in many journals including Foundations of Physics,[3] Psychological Medicine,[4] Mind,[5] The Journal of Mind and Behavior,[2] and Australian Review of Books.[6]
References
- ↑ David Chalmers. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- 1 2 Valerie Gray Hardcastle. Book Review > The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Autumn 1996, Vol. 17, No. 4, Pages 391–398.
- ↑ Henry P. Stapp. Book Review -- The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Foundations of Physics, Volume 26, Number 8, 1996, pp. 1091-1097.
- ↑ John Smythes. The Conscious Mind. By D. Chalmers Psychological Medicine (1998), 28 : 233-241.
- ↑ Joseph Levine. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Mind, Vol. 107, No. 428 (Oct., 1998), pp. 877-881.
- ↑ Peter Goldsworthy. Review of The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory Australian Review of Books, November 1997, pp. 6-7.
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