Neither Ghost Nor Machine - The Emergence and Nature of Selves

Jeremy Sherman distills Terrence Deacon's breakthrough natural science hypothesis for the emergence of agents and agency, selves and aims in an otherwise aimless universe. The theory cuts a new path through the dualistic spirit vs. mechanism debate, unifying the hard and soft sciences and suggesting new solutions to philosophical mysteries.

Summary

Jeremy Sherman distills Terrence Deacon’s breakthrough natural science hypothesis for the emergence of agents and agency, selves and aims in an otherwise aimless universe. The theory cuts a new path through the dualistic spirit vs. mechanism debate, unifying the hard and soft sciences and suggesting new solutions to philosophical mysteries.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Sherman, Sherman Jeremy
• Assisted by: terrence Deacon (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780231173339
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17333-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology