Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
ISBN 13 | 9780190677015 |
ISBN 10 | 9780190677015 |
Author | Philip Goff |
Language | English |
Book Description | The first half of this book argues that physicalism cannot account for consciousness, and hence cannot be true. The second half explores and defends Russellian monism, a radical alternative to both physicalism and dualism. The view that emerges combi |
About the Author | Philip Goff is Professor of Philosophy at Durham University. His research focuses on consciousness and the ultimate nature of reality. Goff is also the author of Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness (Pantheon 2019), Why? The Purpose of the Universe (OUP 2024), and co-editor of Is Consciousness Everywhere? Essays on Panpsychism (Imprint Academic, 2022). Goff has published many academic articles, as well as writing extensively for newspapers and magazines, including Scientific American, The Guardian, Aeon, and the Times Literary Supplement. |
Publication Date | 2017-09-14 |
Number of Pages | 304 pages |
Consciousness and Fundamental Reality