Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind

by Evan Thompson

Book Overview

How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life.

Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, artificial life, complex systems theory, neuroscience, psychology, Continental Phenomenology, and analytic philosophy to argue that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674057511
• ISBN13: 9780674057517
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"