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Consciousness, Society and
Values
Ed. A.V. Afonso
Reflections on consciousness,
society and values may take the individual through myriad
of theoretical considerations, ranging from purely speculative
to the concrete and substantially observable. Such reflections
are justified from purely phenomenological perspective and/or
from empiricistic and quasi scientific standpoint. Whether
consciousness as a property of matter, as a property of protoplasm,
as learning, as metaphysical presupposition, as emergent evolution,
as property of behaviour or even as a metaphor keeps finding
its place in philosophical and non-philosophical discussions.
The present volume, the result
of a seminar on "Consciousness, Society and Values"
is a representation (of almost a fractal kind) that is available
in the larger debate on the theme. The discussions on consciousness
do not immediately bring the normative dimension, it does
surface at the societal level, namely as society having norms.
But a full and detailed discussion of the normative aspect
of consciousness is possible in juxtaposing consciousness
and values. This volume attempts to bring into the forefront
the normative and interdisciplinary domains of consciousness.
The volume presents papers that deal with consciousness as
manifested in the conscious experience, brain-independent
or otherwise and methodologically, the contributions represent
both the analytic and phenomenological approach on the one
hand, and an attempt to go beyond the 'exclusive' approaches
on the other. Scholarly contributions that deal with consciousness
as embodied in one's introspection and reflected in social
and moral values constitute the next set of papers. Studies
that reflect on consciousness as expressed in collective consciousness
as well as resonated in the communities and specific groups.
Find a substantial space in the volume. Studies of moral values
reflected both in the philosophical and scientific consciousness
of mankind, both from the Indian as well as western perspective
constitute the last set of papers of the present volume.
2006 xi +304pp.
ISBN:81-7986-059-0
Rs. 375
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