Metaphysics of consciousness : the Indian Vedantic perspective /: the Indian Vedantic perspective. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ramesh Chandra Pradhan.
• Other Names: Pradhan, R. C
• Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 The Naturalist Metaphysics of Consciousness: Some Contemporary Issues -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Age of Naturalism -- 1.3 The Realm of the Mind -- 1.4 The Metaphysics of Materialism -- 1.4.1 Hard Materialism -- 1.4.2 Liberal Materialism -- 1.5 The Metaphysics of the Mind-Body Dualism -- 1.5.1 Property Dualism -- 1.5.2 Anomalous Monism -- 1.6 Functionalism as an Alternative Metaphysical Theory -- 1.6.1 Computational Representational Theory of Mind (CRTM) -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References 2 The Limitations of the Naturalist Metaphysics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Beyond the Metaphysics of Materialism -- 2.2.1 The Ontological Gap -- 2.2.2 The Explanatory Gap -- 2.3 The "Hard Problem" of Consciousness -- 2.3.1 The Dual-Aspect Theory -- 2.4 Beyond the Naturalist Metaphysics -- 2.4.1 Non-reductive Naturalism -- 2.4.2 Back to Dualism -- 2.5 Return of the Self -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Objectivity, Subjectivity and the First-Person Point of View -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Objective World View -- 3.2.1 "The View from Nowhere" -- 3.2.2 The Subject-Object Duality 3.3 Behaviourism and Cognitive Science -- 3.3.1 The Mechanical Mind -- 3.3.2 Folk Psychology -- 3.4 Why the Mechanical Theory of the Mind Fails -- 3.4.1 The Conscious Mind: Phenomenal and Representational -- 3.5 Consciousness from the Objective or the Third-Person Point of View -- 3.6 Irreducibility of Consciousness -- 3.7 Subjectivity of Consciousness -- 3.7.1 Qualia -- 3.8 The First-Person Point of View -- 3.9 Self and Subjectivity -- 3.10 The Irreducible Self -- 3.11 Ontology of Subjectivity -- 3.12 Phenomenal Consciousness and the First-Person -- 3.13 Conclusion -- References 4 From Naturalism to Anti-naturalism: Towards Transcendental Turn -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Transcendental Turn -- 4.3 The Anti-naturalist Metaphysics -- 4.3.1 Anti-naturalist Ontology -- 4.4 World or Nature -- 4.4.1 On Bracketing the World -- 4.4.2 Phenomenological Reductions -- 4.5 The Absolute Ego-Consciousness -- 4.6 Intentionality -- 4.7 Transcendental Idealism -- 4.8 Transcendental Intersubjectivity -- 4.9 Life-Worlds -- 4.10 Back to the Ego -- 4.11 The Spirit -- 4.11.1 Reason and Reality -- 4.12 Husserl's Kantianism -- 4.13 The Transcendental Metaphysical Project 4.14 Unity of Transcendental Consciousness -- 4.15 The Absolute Consciousness and the Absolute Spirit -- 4.16 Embodied Consciousness -- 4.16.1 The Body -- 4.17 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Self, Consciousness and Non-dualism -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Self -- 5.3 Two Selves -- 5.4 The Transcendental Self -- 5.5 The Self as Consciousness (Cit) -- 5.6 Consciousness as Non-dual -- 5.7 The Embodied Self -- 5.8 The Witness-Consciousness -- 5.9 Enworlded Subjectivity -- 5.10 Self and the World -- 5.11 Maya and Adhyasa -- 5.12 Knowledge of Brahman -- 5.13 Self as the Seer and the Seen
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (214 pages)
• Subjects: 110; Metaphysics; Consciousness; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy -- Metaphysics; Philosophy -- Mind & Body; Consciousness; Metaphysics; Philosophy of mind; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811580642
• Related ISBNs: 9789811580635
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