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Contrasts, Causes, and Consciousness by DR ADAM TOON is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Contrasts, Causes, and Consciousness about?
We often think of the mind as an inner world. Once, this inner world might have been a spirit or soul - a "ghost in the machine", in Gilbert Ryle's memorable phrase. Nowadays, we are told it will be found in the brain. Adam Toon argues that this is a mistake. In fact, our concept of mind is fundamentally metaphorical: we project the 'outer world' of human culture onto the 'inner world' of the mind. This is an enormously powerful way of making sense of people and their behaviour. But we must not
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- DR ADAM TOON
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191990304
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Political Science, Psychology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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