How the Mind Uses the Brain: (To Move the Body and Image the Universe)

by Ralph D. Ellis and Natika Newton

Book Overview

The nature of consciousness and the relationship between the mind and brain have become the most hotly debated topics in philosophy. This book explains and argues for a new approach called enactivism. Enactivism maintains that consciousness and all subjective thoughts and feelings arise from an organism's attempts to use its environment in the service of purposeful action. The authors admit that their perspective presents many problems: How does one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812696638
• ISBN13: 9780812696639
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Open Court
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"