Mind-Body Dualism-Alpana Chakrabarty-DKPD-9788124600719
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| How do we
(basically) conceptualize a human being or, say, any ‘person’? Is he just his
‘body’? Or a ‘mind’ too — besides his ‘body’? What, then, is ‘mind’, or how
is it related to ‘body’? And since ‘body’ is destructible, does man have
‘disembodied existence’ as well? Addressing these age-old questions of
fundamental importance, the book focusses on mind-body dualism. Which,
despite its exposure to scathing criticisms, and even outright repudiations,
has survived as a powerful dualistic tradition. Alpana Chakraborty’s study is
not a critique of mind-body dualism; but a coherent, quintessential review of
the philosophical thinking that has, since Descartes’ time, been invested in
the shaping of this dualistic tradition, its theoretical parameters and its
key issues. Also setting out Western concepts of ‘person’, ‘disembodied
existence/survival’, and ‘bodily resurrection’, the author considers the
Cartesian view of mind-body dualism, and how it compares with the dualism of
traditional Indian Samkhya philosophy. In her effort to spell out issues
central to mind-body interaction, Dr. Chakraborty develops a vast historical
framework from the acknowledged treatises/theories of Cottinghum, Don Locke,
Gilbert Ryle, C.D. Broad, C.J. Ducasse, Nichlos Bohr, P.F. Srawson, and other
Western philosophers — including the very recent theories of
‘Complementarity’ and ‘Meta-Linguistic Dualism’. Invaluable to the scholars
of philosophy, metaphysics and psychology. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124600719
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
1997 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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