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Pluralism and the Mind : Consciousness, Worldviews and the Limits of Science by Colborn, Matthew; is a psychology available to read on EtoBox.
What is Pluralism and the Mind : Consciousness, Worldviews and the Limits of Science about?
Paul Feyerabend noted that ‘… the world which we want to explore is a largely unknown entity. We must, therefore, keep our options open and … not restrict ourselves in advance.' (1975, p. 20). Given that consciousness is poorly understood and vaguely defined, such advice seems sound, but is frequently ignored in favour of an insistence that a scientific theory of consciousness must be reducible to current monist physics and biology. This book argues that such an insistence is historically unsupp
Who reads Pluralism and the Mind : Consciousness, Worldviews and the Limits of Science?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Colborn, Matthew;
- Publisher
- Andrews UK
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781845402211
- Category
- psychology
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Psychology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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