This text deals with a number of topics in philosophy, philosophy of science and philosophy of mind. It includes essays on the laws of nature, biological aspects of the philosophy of mind, and the social aspects of rationality.
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978-1-85972-285-5 (9781859722855)
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Occam's razor - a blunt instrument; on the laws of nature; biological aspects of the philosophy of mind; reply to Popper's attack on epiphenomenalism; thoughts on Popper; a critique of some aspects of human ethology; book review of "The Chief Abstractions of Human Values" by George Edgin Pugh; human behaviour and biology; neuropsychology vis-a-vis Skinner's behaviouristic psychology; social aspects of rationality; morality and determinism; morality and determinism - a reply to Flew; Wittgenstein on Jews - some counter-examples; moderate relativism and psychological sets; quantum mechanics and consciousness; some comments on methods and statements in parapsychology and other sciences; on the possible roots of consciousness and variations on themes by Hebb.
