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New Conversations on the Problems of Identity, Consciousness and Mind

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Philosophy Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14262-9

ISBN: 978-3-030-14261-2

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Feb 24, 2019

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Chapter 1Introduction: Conversations on the Problems of Identity, Consciousness and Mind

Egbai, Uti Ojah

Pages: 1 –10

[A lot of things can be speculated on why problems such as identityIdentity, consciousnessConsciousness and mindMind have proven tough for philosophers to handle, but in the end, we would have to come to terms with the challenge, whether the mindMind has the capacity to study the mindMind in...
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Chapter 2A Sense-Phenomenal Look at the Problem of Personal Identity

Chimakonam, Jonathan O.

Pages: 11 –32

[My aim here is to revisit the identity question using what I dub sense-phenomenalism as a model to offer an explanation to personal identity problem. The following are some of the popular questions philosophers have raised: Why does the same person continue to exist overtime, despite bodily...
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Chapter 3Neurophilosophy and the Problem of Consciousness: An Equiphenomenal Perspective

Segun, Samuel T.

Pages: 33 –65

[With recent advancements in the neurosciences, it is evident that formerly held presuppositions about consciousness and mental properties may have been hurriedly put forward. Neurophilosophy draws the attention of philosophers to the relevance of neuroscientific data to tackling some of the...
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Chapter 4Proto-phenomenalism as an Explanatory Model to the Mind-Body Problem: A Neurophilosophical Inquiry

Attoe, Aribiah D.

Pages: 67 –94

[Philosophers, from the time of Socrates have made various insightful inroads into understanding human nature. Paramount to this understanding of human nature is the understanding of the human intellect and its mode of operation. Generally, most scholars approach this issue from the standpoint of...

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