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100			_aDavid John Chalmers
245			_aThe conscious mind in search of a fundamental theory _cDavid J Chalmers _hEngish
250			_a1st.
260			_aNew York _bOxford University Press _c1996.
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490			_aConsciousness
490			_aPhilosophy of mind
490			_aPhilosophy
490			_aMind and body
500			_aWhat is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers, and we have seen in recent years superb volumes by such eminent figures as Francis Crick, Daniel C. Dennett, Gerald Edelman, and Roger Penrose, all firing volleys in what has come to be called the consciousness wars. Now, in The Conscious Mind, philosopher David J. Chalmers offers a cogent analysis of this heated debate as he unveils a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, while offering provocative insights into the relationship between mind and brain.
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