Part III - The Big Theories of Mind

Dualism Old and New

In a dim study four centuries ago, René Descartes famously envisioned a clear separation: the mind as an immaterial thinking substance, and the body as a material extended substance.

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Introduction Introduction Introduction

Part I - Starting with Experience Chapter 1 The Feeling of Being You Chapter 2 The Hard Problem in Plain Language Chapter 3 First - Person vs Third - Person Chapter 4 A Tour of Thought Experiments

Part II - Brains, Bodies, and Evidence Chapter 5 What Scans Reveal - and What They Don’t Chapter 6 Famous Cases: Split Brains, Blindsight, Neglect Chapter 7 Anesthesia, Coma, and Recovery Chapter 8 Information, Integration, and Prediction Chapter 9 From Correlation to Causation

Part III - The Big Theories of Mind Chapter 10 Hardline Physicalism Chapter 11 Emergence and Complexity Chapter 12 Panpsychism and Neutral Monism Chapter 13 Dualism Old and New Chapter 14 Illusionism: Is Experience a Trick?

Part IV - Minds Beyond the Human Chapter 15 Can Machines Feel? Chapter 16 Animal Consciousness and Gradience Chapter 17 Pain, Placebo, Personhood Chapter 18 Designing and Interpreting Consciousness Tests

Part V - Choosing Your View Chapter 19 Common Fallacies and How to Spot Them Chapter 20 Weighing Evidence Without Dogma Chapter 21 Meaning, Ethics, and the Stakes Chapter 22 A Personal Map: Where You Stand Now

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