Neo-Existentialism
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astrophysics 12
asymmetry, ontological 8
autobiographies 93–4
awareness 38, 46–7
babies (German) 98
Bausch, Pina 43
belief 81, 89–90, 95 false 35, 41, 59, 90–1
Benoist, Jocelyn 2, 53–60, 87–94, 115n.8
Bonn, University of 37
bosons 22, 35
boundaries 48–9, 82–3, 98–9
brain processes 2, 37–9, 73–4, 88, 113n.34 see also mind and brain
Camus, Albert 3
Cartesianism 2, 6, 9, 29–30, 42 post-Cartesianism 8
cave paintings 38
Cavell, Stanley 82
Chalmers, David 16, 26–31
change 47, 49
Cold War 14
conceivability argument 27–8
concepts, thick and thin 18, 25–6, 30
conditionalism 39–45, 73, 75–6, 103
consciousness consciousness gap 15–19, 30, 58, 100, 109n.12
Dennett 34, 35–6
and Geist 57–9, 74–5, 88
and human versus animal 72, 97
and mind and brain 3, 38, 74
and natural order 16, 30
self-consciousness 57–9, 64–5, 87, 92–3, 97
continuity, biological and methodological 18
Cotard delusion 84
cycling/bicycles 6, 42–3, 55–6, 101–2
dandies 81–2
Darwinism 41, 95
de Beauvoir, Simone 3
death 44
deception 101, 104 self-deception 58–9, 87, 92–3
decisionism, Sartre’s 51, 80
Dellian, Ed 109n.11
delusion 41–2, 49–50, 84, 85, 86 self-delusion 35, 92–3
Dennett, Daniel 15, 23–4, 30–1, 33, 109n.12, 110n.17, 112n.33 consciousness 34, 35–6
Descartes, René 8, 13, 112n.33
Dieter, Henrich 111n.26
disease 81
DNA 6, 95, 114n.5
domains, plurality of 1, 12–13
domains of fact 11
domains of objects 1, 10–11, 15, 83, 85, 91, 102 see also fields of sense
dualism 13, 27, 36, 42, 87, 95, 112n.33 property 5, 6, 73
substance 2, 6, 77, 103
emergentism 5, 73, 76
empiricism, non-transcendental 77
evolution, theory of 31, 41, 95, 101
existentialist tradition 6, 7, 40, 51, 78, 80
experience 46–7, 49, 97 phenomenal 29, 49
subjective 2, 4, 5, 6, 37
explanatory structures 33–9, 44, 54, 56, 72
externalism 6, 73
feelings 29, 47, 48
fiction 8–9, 12, 35, 59–60, 85, 93–4, 107n.2, 108n.3
fields of sense 1–3, 11–12, 44, 77, 94, 101 see also domains of objects
folk psychology 40
Fountain of Youth 9
free will 99
Galileo 17, 109n.11
Geist 3, 33–9, 44–5, 54–9, 88–100 and Aristotle 68, 72
Benoist 54–9, 88–9, 92–4
and consciousness 57–9, 74–5, 88
explanatory structures 33–9, 44, 54, 56, 72
and Hegel 36, 40, 50, 51, 68, 80
and human mindedness 14, 40, 76, 78, 81–2, 88–90, 92–4, 96–9, 103
and human versus animal 39–40, 61, 62, 95–8, 100, 103–4
and mind and brain 55, 75–6, 78
and natural kinds 34–5, 36, 39, 41, 44, 54, 88, 91, 103–4
and natural order 36–7, 39, 45, 100
and natural science 44, 75, 76, 77, 85–6, 88, 101, 103–4
and nature 57, 89–90, 92–3
and normativity 91, 92–3
Taylor 49, 50, 51, 79–80, 84
and universe 11, 81, 88–9, 101, 102
Germany 98
God 13, 27, 80, 90 see also belief
“God’s eye view” 20, 110n.17, 110n.18
Google Universe 20–1 see also universe
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich and Geist 36, 40, 50, 51, 68, 80
and human versus animal 64, 65
Heidegger, Martin 51, 80, 86
Homer 38
human mindedness and Geist 14, 40, 76, 78, 81–2, 88–90, 92–4, 96–9, 103
and human versus non-human/animal 19, 94–8
and natural kinds 84, 85–6
and natural order 30, 32, 36, 38, 63–4, 111n.27
and reality 84–5
and universe 86, 100, 102
human versus non-human/animal 10, 11–12, 61–72, 80–1, 90, 94–105 and Aristotle 69–72, 94, 95, 96, 104–5, 114n.5, 114n.6
and consciousness 72, 97
and Geist 39–40, 61, 62, 69, 95–8, 100, 103–4
and Hegel 64, 65
and human mindedness 19, 94–8
and natural kinds 61, 63–4, 76, 95, 102–3, 104
and natural order 63–4, 65, 67, 99, 100
and naturalism 75, 87, 100–1
humanity, structure of 86, 115n.5
idealism 12, 64 German 3, 57–8
objective 31, 111n.27, 112n.30
identity 50–1, 72 Aristotle 69–70, 102–3
identity claim 9, 62, 68, 102–3
identity theory 3, 75, 76
see also consciousness
incarnation 96
indispensability thesis 44, 102
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 74
intellect 62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 102
intelligibility, principle of 31
intentional objects 46
intentional stance 3, 4, 33, 41, 85
intentionality, collective 5
intuition 9, 29, 64–5, 112n.33
Jackson, Frank 26
Johnson, Boris 91
Kant, Immanuel 17, 35, 40, 64–5, 68
Kern, Andrea 2, 61–72, 94–105
Kierkegaard, Søren 40, 82
kissing 2
Koblenz, Rhine Valley 102
Koch, Christof 74
labeling 25–6
language 24–5, 28–9, 55, 79, 80–2, 85 and naturalism 15, 34, 40, 87, 92, 108n.9
lectures 33
Levine, Joseph 25–6
lions 71
Macbeth 9, 93–4
Maclure, Jocelyn 1–7, 73–9
Marxism 14
materialism 12, 18, 82, 86 anti-materialism 24, 30, 34, 40–1
and natural order 24, 32, 36, 37, 41
and naturalism 14, 20–8, 32, 38–9
and universe 12, 21–3, 54
see also naturalism, metaphysical
mental activity, human 67, 74, 75, 99, 100
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 3, 51, 80
metaphysical dualism 103
metaphysics 76–7, 85–6 metaphysicalism 22, 110n.19
and naturalism 20–2, 108n.9, 110n.18
metaphysics, speculative 31, 111n.26
mind, existence of 53–60
mind, philosophy of 8–45 see also Geist; human mindedness; human versus non-human/animal; mind and brain; natural kinds; natural order; naturalism
mind and brain 37–8, 54–6, 75–7 brain processes 2, 37–9, 73–4, 88, 113n.34
and conditionalism 39–45, 75–6
and consciousness 3, 38, 74
and Geist 55, 75–6, 78
and natural kinds 2, 18, 43–4, 54–5, 75, 76
and natural order 24, 30, 32, 36, 43, 55, 111n.27
and naturalism 77, 78, 109n.15
and nature 16, 33, 87
and philosophy of mind 24–5, 55, 75–6
mind-independence 9, 108
modernity 17, 18
monadology 76
monism 12–13, 76
Nagel, Thomas 20, 31–2
natural kinds and Geist 34–5, 36, 39, 41, 44, 54, 88, 91, 103–4
and human mindedness 84, 85–6
and human versus animal 61, 63–4, 76, 95, 102–3, 104
and language 29, 33–4, 39, 41, 84
and mind and brain 2
, 18, 43–4, 54–5, 75, 76
and natural order 5, 18, 37
and natural science 48–9, 83, 85–6, 91, 103–4
and naturalism 2, 5, 54–5, 103
and universe 54, 63, 83
natural order 63–4 and consciousness 16, 30
and Geist 36–7, 39, 45, 100
and human mindedness 30, 32, 36, 38, 63–4, 111n.27
and human versus animal 63–4, 65, 67, 99, 100
and materialism 24, 32, 36, 37, 41
and mind and brain 24, 30, 32, 36, 43, 55, 111n.27
and natural kinds 5, 18, 37
and naturalism 5, 16–17
natural science 5, 96 and Geist 44, 75, 76, 77, 85–6, 88, 101, 103–4
and natural kinds 46, 48–9, 83, 85–6, 91, 103–4
and naturalism 4, 15, 18, 19, 108n.9
and universe 15, 77, 79, 83
and world-view 15–16, 17, 18, 23, 32, 38
see also science
naturalism 8–45 anti-naturalism 100, 102, 103, 104–5
and human versus animal 75, 87, 100–1
and language 15, 34, 40, 87, 92, 108n.9
and materialism 14, 20–8, 32, 38–9
and metaphysics 20–2, 108n.9, 110n.18
and mind and brain 77, 78, 109n.15
and natural kinds 2, 5, 54–5, 103
and natural order 5, 16–17
and natural science 4, 15, 18, 19, 108n.9
and nature 16, 17, 31, 33–4, 38
and philosophy of the mind 2–7, 78–9
and reality 15, 18–19, 31–2, 34
and universe 10–12, 15, 20–2, 102
and world-view 15–16, 17, 18, 23, 32, 38
naturalism, biological 19, 39, 109n.15
naturalism, epistemological 18
naturalism, metaphysical 18, 20, 24 see also materialism
naturalism, object 109n.13
naturalism, reasonable 4, 6, 73, 75, 79
naturalism, standard 18
naturalism, subject 109n.13
nature and Geist 57, 89–90, 92–3
laws of 5, 10, 21
mind and brain 16, 33, 87
and natural kind 54, 91
and naturalism 16, 17, 31, 33–4, 38
and normativity 90, 115n.8
and universe 10–11, 54, 80
neo-existentialism see Geist; human mindedness; human versus non-human/animal; mind and brain; natural kinds; natural order; naturalism
neurocentricism 41, 99
neuromania 41
New Yorker, “View of the World from 9th Avenue” 19–20
Newton, Isaac 17, 109n.11
Nietzsche, Friedrich 40
non-human 3, 10, 40, 61–77, 90 see also human versus non-human/animal
normativity 59–60, 90, 91, 92–3, 115n.8
objects, domains of 1, 10–11, 15, 83, 85, 91, 102 see also fields of sense
objects, immaterial 22–3
objects, intentional 46
objects, physical 8, 9, 17, 21, 22–3
panpsychism 86
Paris 19–20
perception 43, 70, 71, 74–5, 76
physicalism 4, 53, 76–7 metaphysicalism 22, 110n.19
non-reductive 5, 73
placement issue 10, 26, 108n.4
plant life 70
Plato 28, 76
pluralism 1, 12–13, 53, 78
Popper, Karl 23
possibility 23–4
post-Cartesianism 8
Price, Huw 10, 108n.4, 109n.13
property dualism 5, 6, 73
puberty 76
Putnam, Hilary 14, 15, 20
quantum mechanics 31, 90, 111n.25, 112n.30
Quine, Willard van Orman 20
realities, bounded 49, 52, 83
reality 23, 45, 47–8, 52, 77, 108n.4 and naturalism 15, 18–19, 31–2, 34
and universe 85, 94
reality, non-mental 1–3, 44
reddishness 26
reductionism 4–5, 42, 53, 76, 78, 84–5
religion 80, 81, 86, 89, 90, 95 see also belief; God
Sartre, Jean-Paul 3, 7, 40, 51, 78, 80
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph 31
science 9, 16, 23, 31–2, 66–7, 75–9, 97–9, 103–5 see also natural science
Scruton, Roger 42
Seinfeld, Jerry 81–2
self-consciousness 57–9, 64–5, 87, 92–3, 97
self-deception 58–9, 87, 92–3
self-delusion 35, 92–3
self-determination 51–2, 78, 80–1, 82, 84
self-understanding 78, 83, 89, 92
Sellars, Wilfrid 17–18
sense, field of 11, 44, 77, 94, 101, 103
souls 2, 44, 68, 75, 86, 89, 95
Spinozism 76
spiritualism, religious 86
squash 35, 41, 58
Stalinism 14
standpoints 20–1
substance dualism 2, 6, 77, 103
sui generis character 62
supranaturalism 109n.15
Tallis, Raymond 41
Taylor, Charles 2, 46–52, 79–86
temperature 29
Tetens, Holm 108n.9
Thales of Miletus 28, 46, 47
Thompson, Evan 107n.9
thought 15, 55–6, 64–5, 82
Thrasymachus 50
Tononi, Giulio 74
Trump, Donald 29, 48
truth 51, 80–2, 91
two-dimensional semantics 28–30
“underdetermination thesis” 5
understanding 47–8, 78, 79 self-understanding 78, 83, 89, 92
universe and Geist 11, 81, 88–9, 101, 102
Google Universe 20–1
and human mindedness 86, 100, 102
and materialism 12, 21–3, 54
and natural kind 54, 63, 83
and natural science 15, 77, 79, 83
and naturalism 10–12, 15, 20–2, 102
and nature 10–11, 54, 80
and reality 85, 94
and world 10–11, 15, 51–2
water (H2O) 25, 26, 28–9, 46, 47
“wonder tissue” 30–1
world 27–8, 38, 53–4 naturalistic/scientific world 15–16, 17, 18, 23, 32, 38
“no-world view” 10–11, 77, 85–6
and universe 10–11, 15, 51–2
zombie, philosophical 27–8
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