The Dissolution of Mind : A Fable of How Experience Gives Rise to Cognition

This book presents an original thesis about the notion of sensory experience and of the mind's architecture, which is grounded in current trends in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Presented in the form of a dialogue, the book explores some of the psychological and philosophical consequences that the author derives from his proposal.-- Provided by publisher 9789004493698 9789004493698 Title Page Table of Contents Dedication List of Illustrations Editorial Foreword Guest Foreword Preface Acknowledgments ONE Alice’s Perplexities TWO Non-Professor O’s Aphorisms THREE Monday. On How No Superfluous Experiences Exist FOUR Tuesday. On How to Get by Without Concepts FIVE Wednesday. On How to Live in a Virtual World SIX Thursday. On How Words Lost Their Meaning SEVEN Friday. On How to Communicate Without Information EIGHT Saturday. On How Living Dissolves the Mind NINE Sunday. “Tap-Tapping” the Compass Bibliography About the Author Index Titles Published