Galileo's error : foundations for a new science of consciousness /
Goff, Philip, 1964-
Galileo's error : foundations for a new science of consciousness / Philip Goff. - First edition. - x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How Galileo created the problem of consciousness -- Is there a ghost in the machine? -- Can physical science explain consciousness? -- How to solve the problem of consciousness -- Consciousness and the meaning of life.
"Rooted in an analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of modern science and based on the early twentieth-century work of Arthur Eddington and Bertrand Russell, Goff makes the case for panpsychism, a theory which posits that consciousness is not confined to biological entities but is a fundamental feature of all physical matter--from subatomic particles to the human brain. In Galileo's Error, he has provided the first step on a new path to the final theory of human consciousness."--Dust jacket flap.
9781524747961 1524747963
2018057138
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Panpsychism.
Consciousness.
Galileo's error : foundations for a new science of consciousness / Philip Goff. - First edition. - x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How Galileo created the problem of consciousness -- Is there a ghost in the machine? -- Can physical science explain consciousness? -- How to solve the problem of consciousness -- Consciousness and the meaning of life.
"Rooted in an analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of modern science and based on the early twentieth-century work of Arthur Eddington and Bertrand Russell, Goff makes the case for panpsychism, a theory which posits that consciousness is not confined to biological entities but is a fundamental feature of all physical matter--from subatomic particles to the human brain. In Galileo's Error, he has provided the first step on a new path to the final theory of human consciousness."--Dust jacket flap.
9781524747961 1524747963
2018057138
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Panpsychism.
Consciousness.