The bilateral mind as the mirror of nature : a metaphilosophy

The bilateral mind as the mirror of nature : a metaphilosophy / James Blachowicz.

This book provides a framework that encompasses both physics and cognitive science integrating them into a theory of everything to establish a basis for both our scientific and humanistic endeavours. It explores the implications of brain laterality for understanding the emergence of mind and its rel...

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Main Author: Blachowicz, James, 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Subjects:
Cognition > Philosophy.
Left and right (Psychology)
Cognition > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Previously Published Sources for This Book
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • 1: Introduction: Analysis and Holism
  • Metaphysical Analysis and Holism: Hylomorphism
  • Epistemological Analysis and Holism: Brain Laterality
  • Mirroring Nature: The Bilateral Mind and Hylomorphism
  • Metaphilosophy
  • Two "Theories of Everything"
  • From Physics to Metaphysics
  • Two Cautions
  • The "Left Brain/Right Brain" Craze
  • Neuroscientific Reductionism and "Naturalized Philosophy"
  • A Somewhat Comparable Treatment
  • Philosophy and Cognitive Science
  • Hemispheres, Handedness and the Cognitive Left and Right
  • Part I: Metaphysics: Analysis and Holism in Nature
  • Chapter 2: Reductionism and Emergence
  • Chapter 3: Purely Physical Emergence
  • Chapter 4: Protective Enclosures and the Emergence of Life
  • Chapter 5: Virtual Reality and the Emergence of Mind.
  • Chapter 6: Physics and Theology: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
  • Part II: Epistemology: Analysis and Holism in the Bilateral Mind
  • Chapter 7: Inter-Hemispheric Dialogue
  • Chapter 8: One Method for All Inquiry
  • Part III: Moral and Political Philosophy: Analysis and Holism in the Bilateral Mind
  • Chapter 9: Morality and the Rational Control of Desire
  • Chapter 10: Freud and the Physics of Civilization
  • Chap. 11: Hemispheric Politics
  • Part IV: Philosophy of Religion and Natural Theology: Analysis and Holism in the Bilateral Mind
  • Chapter 12: Archaic and Modern Religious Ontologies
  • Chapter 13: An Empty Holy of Holies
  • Part V: Academic Philosophy: Analysis and Holism in the Bilateral Mind
  • Chapter 14: Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy
  • Correction to: The Bilateral Mind as the Mirror of Nature.

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