Emergence in Mind

by Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald

There have long been controversies about how it is that minds can fit into a physical universe. Emergence in Mind presents new essays by a distinguished group of philosophers investigating whether mental properties can be said to 'emerge' from the physical processes in the universe. Such emergence requires mental properties to be different from physical properties, and much of the discussion relates to what the consequences of such a difference might...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199583625
• ISBN13: 9780199583621
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"