Phi-sci: "Some books of an interdisciplinary nature are incredibly
difficult to categorize."
Omprem: That entire motive of 'interdisciplinary' books is to move the
reader beyond the limits of categorization and the ossification of
intellect that goes with the urge to categorize.
On May 22, 11:19 pm, Phi-Sci Online <li...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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Link:http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4246
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> Some books of an interdisciplinary nature are incredibly difficult to
> categorize. Thompson's massive 542-page tome Mind in Life is such a
> book. On the one hand it is a densely-written account of
> phenomenological philosophy, engaging in discussions concerning the
> scientific merits of the philosophy of Husserl and Merleau-
> Ponty. . . . On the other hand, it is a book on (the philosophy of)
> biology, criticizing reductionist approaches in evolutionary biology
> (especially the genocentric approaches of Dawkins c.s.), and arguing
> for a more holistic developmental systems approach. . . . Finally, the
> book is a discussion of developments in the sciences and philosophy of
> mind, where Thompson uses the approaches from phenomenology in order
> to come to a more holistic view of the relation****p between mind,
> body, and world.
Link:http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4246
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