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" Structuring the self / "
Majid Davoody Beni.
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862924
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Beni, Majid Davoody
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Structuring the self /\ Majid Davoody Beni.
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2019.
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New directions in philosophy and cognitive science
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1 online resource
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3030311023
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9783030311018
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Includes index.
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Intro; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1: The Self, Its Substance, and Its Structure: A Selective History; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 In the Beginning; 1.3 Aristotle's Substantivalism; 1.4 From the Soul to the Self; 1.5 Descartes Ego, Existent or Non-Existent?; 1.5.1 Je pense, donc Je suis; 1.5.2 Do I Exist?; 1.6 Hume's Scientific Philosophy, Eliminativist or Structuralist?; 1.6.1 Eliminating Physical and Mental Substances?; 1.6.2 An Early Version of Structuralism About the Self; 1.7 The Kantian Account of the Self, Substantivalist or Structuralist?
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1.8 Some Recent Scientific Breakthroughs, an Overview1.9 Concluding Remarks; References; 2: Being Realist About Structures; 2.1 Scientific Realism; 2.2 Antirealism; 2.2.1 Pessimistic Meta-Induction (PMI); 2.2.2 The Issue of Underdetermination; 2.3 Structural Realism; 2.4 The Significance of Informational Structures; 2.5 The Level of Representation; 2.6 From Physics to Psychology and the Self-Concept; References; 3: To Be Many or Not to Be, Grounds for a Structural Realist Account of the Self; 3.1 Substantivalism and Its Demise; 3.2 Scientific Pluralism in Cognitive Science
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3.3 Pluralism About the Self (Pattern Theory)3.4 Eliminativism About the Self (Being No One); 3.5 Evaluating the Eliminativist View; 3.6 Evaluating the Pattern Theory; 3.7 Some Other Theories; 3.8 Metaphysical Underdetermination Raises Its Head Again; 3.9 Towards a Structural Realist Theory; References; 4: The Structural Realist Theory of the Self; 4.1 Informing Philosophy of Selfhood by Sciences; 4.2 Constructing the Structural Realist Theory of the Self; 4.3 A Structural Realist Strategy for Overcoming the Multiplicity of the Self-Patterns
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4.4 Overcoming the Eliminativist-Pluralist Dichotomy4.5 The Role of Information-Processing Mechanisms; 4.5.1 Cortical Midline Structures; 4.5.2 The Mirror Neuron System; 4.6 The Free Energy Principle and Meta-Theoretical Informational Structures; 4.7 A Meta-Theoretical Unifying Informational Framework and Embodied Mechanisms; 4.8 Concluding Remarks; References; 5: Phenomenal Aspects of the Self; 5.1 Structural Theories of Consciousness; 5.2 Integrated Information Theory; 5.2.1 IIT; 5.2.2 The Structuralist Tendency of IIT; 5.3 Resting State Theory of the Self
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5.3.1 A Neurophysiological Account of Selfhood5.3.2 Difference-Based Coding and Structuralism About the Self; 5.4 Free Energy and (Self)Consciousness; 5.4.1 The Free Energy Principle, Some Platitudes; 5.4.2 The FEP-Based Theory of Consciousness; 5.4.3 Realism and Antirealism About the FEP-Based Models of Consciousness; 5.5 On the Structural Relationship Between the Three Theories of Consciousness; 5.6 Structuralism About Intentionality; 5.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 6: Social and Moral Aspects of the Self; 6.1 Social and Ethical Aspects
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'This is an impressive book about the self that fills a deep void in our conceptulations of ourselves. Bringing together, philosophy, neuroscience, and computational modelling, Beni develops a structural realist account of self that seems highly natural and plausible in metaphysical, conceptual, and empirical terms. A wonderful book that will set new directions and standards on the eternal debate of self.' -- Georg Northoff, EJLB-CIHR Michael Smith Chair in Neurosciences and Mental Health, University of Ottowa Institute of Mental health Research, Canada This book presents a unified account of the self, based on a network of knowledge sourced from several scientific accounts of selfhood. Beni constructs his ontological account of the self from the common structure that underpins the theoretical diversity that is manifested in rival and sometimes incompatible scientific accounts of the self and its aspects. The enterprise is inspired by recent structural realist theories in the philosophy of science, specifying the basic structure of the self, and explaining how representational, phenomenal, and social aspects of the self are embodied within this structure.
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Self (Philosophy)
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Structuralism.
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Self (Philosophy)
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Structuralism.
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126
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BD438.5
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