The Priority of Mind

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Is the mind just a by-product of the brain? Or is mind the fundamental reality, which creates matter? In The Priority of Mind, Keith Ward mounts a definitive defence of mind as prior to matter. In an accessible style, he unpacks the sources and abilities of the mind, situates it in the wider world, or cosmos, and proposes a relation between mind and virtue, and the nature of mind after death. Along the way, he explores the different philosophical approaches to the mind-matter question taken by thinkers over time, settling on idealism as the teaching of most classical philosophers, and as most consistent with modern science. Lay readers and scholars alike will relish Ward's clear, methodical exposition, and his counterarguments against the materialist narrative that dominates much of popular philosophical thinking today.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-26
Mått:229 x 152 x 8 mm
Vikt:148 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:90
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780227178973

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Keith Ward is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Oxford University, and a Fellow of the British Academy. During his long professorial career, Ward has taught philosophy and theology at universities in Britain and America.

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"Ward distils a sparkling metaphysical vision of the primacy of mind over matter that he has developed over decades of dialogue with secular philosophy and the great religious traditions. It is a vision that might have seemed outlandish at the outset of his philosophical career, but is now beginning to command respect throughout the philosophical guild. Crisply argued, elegantly structured, and effortlessly wide-ranging, 'The Priority of Mind' is one of the most accessible and engaging presentations of the case for idealism that I have ever come across." - James Orr, University of Cambridge.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1Part One: Mind 41. The Sources of Mind 42. The Brain and the Mind 73. Dreaming 9 4 Freedom and Creativity 125. The Self as Agent 156. The Sensory World 197. Value and Purpose 228. Thoughts 249. Mind and Objective Reality 28 10. Artificial Intelligence 30 11. The Irony of Materialism 31Part Two: Cosmos 34 1. The Cosmic Mind 342. Creative Change 37 3. Mind and Purpose 40 4. Emergence 445. Value 466. The Self-Realizing Universe 487. The Unfolding of Mind 50 Abstract of the Argument in Parts One or TwoPart One: Mind 52Part Two: Cosmos 54Part Three: Virtue 561. Truth 562. Beauty 613. Love 644. Idealism and Virtues 67 Part Four: Afterlife 70 1. The Life to Come 70Conclusion 75Appendix 79