In: GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo), 1 (March 2015), Nr. 2. pp. 7-16. ISSN Print: 2345-7856; E-Periodical: 2345-7937
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Abstract
The incipient mind argument is the central argument of Evan Thompson’s solution to the so-called mind-body problem. This paper challenges Evan Thompson’s (and Francisco Varela’s) assumption of a pristine form of subjectivity, as well as of interiority in unicellular life forms. I claim that this assumption makes sense only as a useful strategy for an absolutist account of mind. In this paper, I argue that Thompson’s thesis is erroneous at the object-level, as well as at the meta-level of his argumentation. By paying greater attention to the meta-level of his exposition, I show that Thompson’s assumption of an “incipient mind” obeys an absolutist, two-sided pattern of thinking and, therefore, that his argumentation fails to give an accurate account of the systemic generation and development of mind. After demonstrating this, I suggest an innovative action-based approach to mind in order to accurately give an account of its real-constructive development.
Document type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo) |
Volume: | 1 |
Number: | 2 |
Publisher: | Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) |
Place of Publication: | Singapore |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2015 09:46 |
Date: | March 2015 |
ISSN: | Print: 2345-7856; E-Periodical: 2345-7937 |
Page Range: | pp. 7-16 |
Faculties / Institutes: | The Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies > Institute of Psychology The Faculty of Bio Sciences > Dean's Office of the Faculty of Bio Sciences Philosophische Fakultät > Philosophisches Seminar |
DDC-classification: | 100 Philosophy 570 Life sciences |
Controlled Keywords: | mind, historisch-genetische Erklärung, process philosophy, enarratio, Geist |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | enarrativity, historico-genetic theory, emergence of mind, process philosophy, processual form of thinking, evolution of thought |
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