The Secret Codes of the Mind: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: Book VI

By Dr. Andrew V. Kudin

Volume VI: 20th-Century & Contemporary Philosophy - From Pragmatism to the Philosophy of Science

A clear, structured guide to the ideas that shape today's world: pragmatism and utilitarianism, psychoanalysis, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of language, phenomenology, political philosophy, and the philosophy of science-with applications to AI ethics, big data, quantum computing, bioethics, transhumanism, and scientific objectivity.

Module X: 20th-Century and Contemporary Philosophy
Lecture 37: Pragmatism & Utilitarianism - From Charles Peirce, William James, and John Dewey to Richard Rorty's neopragmatism and Hilary Putnam's pragmatic realism; from Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill to Peter Singer's bioethics and global responsibility. Traces how these traditions shaped modern ethics and public policy. Lecture 38: Psychoanalysis - Freud & Jung - Sigmund Freud's foundational theories and Carl Jung's analytical psychology; the collective unconscious in dialogue with Eastern philosophy, Marxism, feminism, existentialism, and contemporary political thought. Lecture 39: Analytic Philosophy & Philosophy of Language - Ludwig Wittgenstein (language games), logical positivism (verificationism, logical atomism), post-positivist turns in the philosophy of science, and current debates on consciousness (e.g., Daniel Dennett and John Searle's Chinese Room). Lecture 40: Phenomenology - Method & Impact - Edmund Husserl's foundations, Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception, and Emmanuel Levinas's ethical phenomenology. Shows phenomenology's influence on psychology, medicine, cognitive science, existential psychotherapy, and AI ethics.
Module XI: Political Philosophy & Philosophy of Science
Lecture 41: Political Philosophy - Power, Justice, and Critique - From Machiavelli's realism to John Rawls's theory of justice; globalization, sovereignty, environmental ethics, and social justice; Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida as postmodern critics; Ivan Ilyin on statehood; and Noam Chomsky's critique of contemporary political systems. Bridges philosophy with economics, sociology, and law. Lecture 42: Philosophy of Science - From Hume & Kant to Popper & Kuhn - Shifts from neopositivism to post-positivism; Karl Popper's falsificationism and Thomas Kuhn's paradigm shifts; current debates on techno-optimism and techno-skepticism, emerging technologies such as quantum computing, big data, and artificial intelligence, and their implications for transhumanism, bioethics, and the limits of scientific objectivity.
➤ Special Features of the TextbookInteractive Learning - Discussion questions, practical assignments, and curated reading lists after every lecture.Clarity & Accessibility - Jargon-light explanations without sacrificing academic rigor.Real-World Relevance - Frameworks you can apply to ethics, policy, technology, culture, and personal decision-making.

Why Study This Volume?
Connect the dots from pragmatism to phenomenology, from analytic philosophy to political philosophy and the philosophy of science-and see how these debates inform our choices about technology, justice, environment, and human agency in the 21st century.

Make sense of the present-and think responsibly about the future. Begin your study of 20th-century and contemporary philosophy today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F2HRW84W
• ISBN13: 9798315328582
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"