Consciousness from Descartes to Ayer / David Berman.
Berman, David, 1942-
2021
B808.9
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Title Consciousness from Descartes to Ayer / David Berman.
Author Berman, David, 1942-
ISBN 9783030809218 (electronic bk.)
3030809218 (electronic bk.)
303080920X
9783030809201
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80921-8
Publication Details Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-80921-8 doi
Call Number B808.9
Dewey Decimal Classification 128.2
Summary The title is meant to indicate that consciousness is being examined largely within the history of philosophy, and within the period of time from Descartes to Ayer. Investigators aiming to understand consciousness and minds usually try to take account of all individual human minds, so as to have the most data for the most encompassing induction. The problem with that approach is that because of the vastness of the data, its results tend to be vague, lacking the specificity of studies of individuals. On the other hand, the problem with studies of individuals is that they cannot guarantee generality, as the opposing method can. This book's distinctive approach aims at a middle way, getting the best of the two opposing methods by drawing its data from the history of philosophy, especially the history of the great philosophers.
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Preface
Chapter one: The Theory of 2 Consciousnesses
Chapter two: Berkeley and Toland: Irish Philosophy, Past and Future
Chapter three: Humes Artful lying, monistic naturalism and retraction on personal identity
Chapter four: A.J. Ayer: the Complete Monist
Epilogue: Species and Types: Bringing things together.

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