The Priority of Mind
Editorial CASCADE BOOKS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CASCADE BOOKS
- ISBN13 9781666792201
- ISBN10 1666792209
- Type BOOK
- Pages 90
- Published 2021
- Language English
- Bookbinding Hard cover
Subjects
Philosophy Of MindThe Priority of Mind
Editorial CASCADE BOOKS
Mainland Spain
Book details
"Let us be clear that for each of us the primary reality is consciousness--everything else is derivative."
--John Eccles, Neurophysiologist
"The evolutionary assumption implies that consciousness is efficacious--that it is not an epiphenomenon."
--Gerald Edelman, Neurobiologist
"Consciousness is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known."
--Roger Penrose, Oxford Mathematician
"It [an event] has not really happened . . . until it is an observed phenomenon."
--John Wheeler, Mathematical Physicist
"The content of consciousness is an ultimate reality."
--Eugene Wigner, Nobel Laureate
"All real things are contents of consciousness."
--John von Neumann, Quantum Physicist
"I regard consciousness as fundamental--matter is derivative from consciousness."
--Max Planck, Physicist
Biografía del autor
Keith Ward is the Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Oxford University, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has taught philosophy at a number of British and American universities.