Gifford Lectures
• Books
The Nature of Mind 1971–1973
Table of Contents
Second Lecture. The Failure of Reductionism
Third Lecture. Determinism and Life
Fourth Lecture. Determinism and Mind
Fifth Lecture. The Autonomy of Mind
Sixth Lecture. To Mind via Syntax
Seventh Lecture. To Mind via Semantics
Eighth Lecture. Consciousness Without Language
Abstract
This series of the Gifford Lectures is presented as a panel discussion among philosophy, psychology and linguistic specialists and theorists. The lecture tackles the topic of how we are able to define and understand what is meant when ‘the mind’ is referred to throughout research. With some analysis of Cartesian, Godelian and Chomskian theories, these scholars debate what the bases of human cognition and mental representation could be. Each of the diverse lectures in this series is presented by a different scholar, and this publication contains the remarks and rebuttals that occurred in the presentation, accurately capturing the spirit and meaning of each argument.
KEY WORDS: mind, Cartesian, Chomsky, Godelian, consciousness, computer, behaviour, brain, intelligence, mental, cognition, dualism, reductionism, determinism, autonomy, language, goals