I Am Not a Brain by Gabriel, Markus -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Dedication Title Page Copyright Introduction

Mind and Geist Elementary particles and conscious organisms The decade of the brain Can the mind be free in a brain scan? The self as a USB stick Neuromania and Darwinitis – the example of Fargo Mind – brain – ideology The cartography of self-interpretation Notes

1 What is at Stake in the Philosophy of Mind?

Mind in the universe? In the spirit of Hegel The historical animal on the social stage Why not everything, but at least something, is teleological Notes

2 Consciousness

I see something that you do not see! Neuronal thunderstorms and the arena of consciousness Buddha, the snake and the bat – again Surfing on the wave of neuro-Kantianism Nothing is beyond our experience – or is it? Faith, love, hope – are they all just illusions? An altruist is lodged in every ego Davidson’s dog and Derrida’s cat Tasty consciousness The intelligence of the robot vacuum cleaner Strange Days – the noise of consciousness What Mary still doesn’t know The discovery of the universe in a monastery Sensations are not subtitles to a Chinese movie God’s-eye view Notes

3 Self-Consciousness

How history can expand our consciousness Monads in the mill Bio is not always better than techno How the clown attempted to get rid of omnipotence Self-consciousness in a circle Notes

4 Who or What is This Thing We Call the Self?

The reality of illusions Puberty-reductionism and the toilet theory Self is god Fichte: the almost forgotten grandmaster of the self The three pillars of the science of knowledge In the human being nature opens her eyes and sees that she exists “Let Daddy take care of this”: Freud and Stromberg Drives meet hard facts Oedipus and the milk carton Notes

5 Freedom

Can I will not to will what I will? The self is not a one-armed bandit Why cause and reason are not the same thing and what that has to do with tomato sauce Friendly smites meanie and defeats metaphysical pessimism Human dignity is inviolable On the same level as God or nature? PS: There are no savages Man is not a face drawn in the sand Notes

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