Combining Minds

Luke Roelofs

$75.95 $64.51

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Mahadevan
20 January 2024

Philosophy of mind; Unexplained phenomena & the paranormal

Summary
Details

This explores the possibility of composite consciousness: phenomenally conscious states

belonging to a composite being in virtue of the consciousness of, and relations among, its parts. We

have no trouble accepting that a composite being has physical properties entirely in virtue of the

physical properties of, and relations among, its parts. But a long-standing intuition holds that

consciousness is different: my consciousness cannot be understood as a complex of interacting

component consciousnesses belonging to parts of me. I ask why: what is it about consciousness that

makes us think it so different from matter? And should we accept this apparent difference?

'Combinationism' - the thesis that intelligibly constitutive composition is possible in the

experiential realm - bears on many debates in the metaphysics of mind. Constitutive panpsychism's

need for combinationism is at the centre of recent criticism of the theory, but physicalists also need

an account of how the consciousness, or lack thereof, in two cerebral hemispheres and a whole brain,

or a human being and their head, or a social group and its individual members, can be intelligibly

related. And further back in history, the supposed simplicity of the soul was held to rule out any

form of materialism, in a tradition of argument stretching from Plotinus to Brentano. With an eye to

this diversity of debates, I examine the prospects for combinationists with a range of different

background views about the nature of consciousness, the ontological status of the subject, the

behaviour of the physical part-whole relation, and the notions of constitution and explanation

themselves.

By: Luke Roelofs
Imprint: Mahadevan
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9798869156426
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 20 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

BONUS FREE CRIME NOVEL! PROMOTIONS

Combining Minds

Luke Roelofs

$75.95 $64.51

Paperback

See Also

Contact Abbeys

Contact Galaxy

Contact Language

Contact Us

About ABBEY'S