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An Ontological Solution to the Mind-Body Problem: Consciousness and Recursion

An Ontological Solution to the Mind-Body Problem: Consciousness and Recursion

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Series: Body and Consciousness

Philosophy

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ISBN10: 3838221354
ISBN13: 9783838221359
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
This book approaches the mind-body problem from the perspective of an extended phenomenological analysis of consciousness. Its goal is to show how the very definition of mind involves embodiment. Just as words cannot be defined without syllables, and syllables without the letters composing them, the sense of consciousness includes its embodiment. The two, it is argued, are not definitionally distinct. The emphasis on the point is meant to prepare the reader for the core thesis of this book: This is that the classic statements of the mind-body problem are based on an artificial separation of consciousness and its embodiment. This separation is reflected in the view that associates consciousness with temporal relations and the material world with spatial relationships. James Mansch's aim is to undercut this view and to show that time and space--and, hence, consciousness and its embodiment--are mutually implicit; it is, further, to propose an explanatory bridge between the two that is based on their mutual implication.

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