Overview
- A major new book by an acknowledged expert on the philosophical problems of consciousness
- Describes in detail the difference between weak and strong emergence (i.e. reductionist and non-reductionist) pictures
- Provides the groundwork for readers to draw their own conclusions about the open questions in our understanding of consciousness
- Accessible to general readers familiar with popular treatments of emergence and/or consciousness
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Scientific Picture of the World
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Front Matter
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Emergence and Consciousness
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Fabrications
Book Subtitle: Science, Emergence and Consciousness
Authors: William Seager
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29599-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29598-0Published: 01 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43521-8Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29599-7Published: 13 August 2012
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 264
Topics: Complex Systems, Philosophy of Mind, Neurobiology, Neuropsychology, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems