PaulThagardusesnewaccountsofbrainmechanismsandsocialinteractionstoforgetheoriesofmind,knowledge,reality,morality,justice,meaning,andthearts.NaturalPhilosophybringsnewmethodsforanalyzingconcepts,understandingvalues,andachievingcoherence.Itshowshowtounifythehumanitieswiththecognitiveandsocialsciences.Howcanpeopleknowwhatisrealandstrivetomaketheworldbetter?Philosophyistheattempttoanswergeneralquestionsaboutthenatureofknowledge,reality,andvalues.NaturalPhilosophypursuesthesequestionsbydrawingheavilyonthesciencesandfindsnoroomforsupernaturalentitiessuchassouls,gods,andpossibleworlds.Itprovidesoriginalaccountsofthetraditionalbranchesofphilosophy,includingepistemology,metaphysics,ethics,andaesthetics.Ratherthanreducingthehumanitiestothesciences,thisbookdisplaysfertileinterconnectionsthatshowthatphilosophicalquestionsandartisticpracticescanbemuchbetterunderstoodbyconsideringhowhumanbrainsoperateandinteractinsocialcontexts.Thesciencesandthehumanitiesareinterdependent,becauseboththenaturalandsocialsciencescannotavoidquestionsaboutmethodsandvaluesthatareprimarilytheprovinceofphilosophy.ThisbookbelongstoatriothatincludesBrain-Mind:FromNeuronstoConsciousnessandCreativityandMind-Society:FromBrainstoSocialSciencesandProfessions.Theycanbereadindependently,buttogethertheymakeupaTreatiseonMindandSocietythatprovidesaunifiedandcomprehensivetreatmentofthecognitivesciences,socialsciences,professions,andhumanities.
METAPHYSICS reality NATURAL MEANING PROFESSIONS
