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Panpsychism and the Emergence of Consciousness

A Proposal for a New Solution to the Mind-Body Problem

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  1. Fabian Klinge

    1. Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 1-3

  3. Physicalism and Fundamentalism

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 5-21

  4. The Case Against Physicalism

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 23-57

  5. Understanding Emergence

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 59-104

  6. Alternatives to Physicalism

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 105-142

  7. Problems for Constitutive Russellian Panpsychism

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 143-180

  8. Emergence in Panpsychism

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 181-215

  9. Re-Evaluating the Antiphysicalist Options

    • Fabian Klinge
    Pages 217-225

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 227-236
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About this book

In this book Fabian Klinge develops a novel approach for explaining phenomenal consciousness. He defends a version of panpsychism, that is the theory, that (some of) the fundamental physical entities exhibit consciousness. However, in contrast to standard conceptions of the view, the author does not take human consciousness to be grounded in but emergent from the consciousness of elementary particles. In this form, he argues, panpsychism can overcome the doctrine’s Achilles' heel, the combination problem, without running into similarly severe problems—thus rendering panpsychism a strong contender to its problem-ridden rivals physicalism and dualism. In addition, the author provides a thorough analysis of the poorly studied concept of metaphysical emergence. He argues that, by refining some of the major contributions in the literature, emergence can be made intelligible enough to serve as a basis for a credible solution proposal to the mind-body problem.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Fabian Klinge

About the author

Fabian Klinge received his PhD from the Philosophy Department at the University of Tübingen. His research interests lie in the fields of Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Panpsychism and the Emergence of Consciousness

  • Book Subtitle: A Proposal for a New Solution to the Mind-Body Problem

  • Authors: Fabian Klinge

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62258-2

  • Publisher: J.B. Metzler Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-62257-5Published: 01 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-62258-2Published: 31 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Analytic Philosophy, Metaphysics

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