The Priority of Mind
Editorial CASCADE BOOKS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CASCADE BOOKS
- ISBN13 9781666735284
- ISBN10 1666735280
- Type BOOK
- Pages 88
- Published 2021
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
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.