Full Description
This book is a unique collaboration of philosophers from across the world bringing together contemporary concepts of consciousness, the Māori conception of self, as well as Indian and Buddhist concepts of self and mental states. Contemporary concepts of consciousness include higher-order consciousness and phenomenological approaches. The idea behind this volume came from an international conference on 'Mind, Body and Self' held at Victoria University of Wellington; organized by the Society for Philosophy and Culture. The authors herein contribute to the relationship between concepts of self, mind, and body. The wide variety of contributors from across cultural backgrounds adds to a diverse and valuable conversation on the nature of human existence and thoughts of self. This book appeals to students and researchers working in philosophy and religious studies.
Contents
Introduction to deliberations on Mind Body and Self.- Narrative construction of the self and the accuracy problem.- A Corporeal Self new perspectives on the Subject in the contemporary phenomenological debate.- The Subject of Consciousness higher order thought and bodily representation.- Conscious Authorship empirical models of mental causation.- Deranged Soul For Itself Hegel's anthropological account of the mind body relation in the causes and symptoms of mental illness.- Subject to Subjectivity A conceptual shift in the discourse on self.- A Māori perspective on mind body and self.- The human personality embodied materiality and its psycho physical development a Vedānta critique.- I celebrate myself and sing myself the dehātmavāda (body as self) in ancient Cārvāka materialism and modern science.- Mental states and mind East & West.- Epilogue Silhouettes of the conscious mind are we done with the quest for a fundamental theory?.
