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Book SynopsisIn My Ever After is not a mass media style general readership book on immortality; rather, it is an argument against a current school - neurophilosophy''s virtual equation of consciousness and the world. Without exposing the equation''s weaknesses, the question of immortality, Geis argues, is moot. Part I identifies many epistemic and scientific grounds for a real world outside consciousness and self-refutational flaws in quantum physics. It employs the phenomenological method to situate consciousness and other in their relations. Part II sets forth why consciousness cannot be electrical in origin, and then how partibility and subjectivity, in tandem with the power of conceptualization, evince reasons for accepting immortal consciousness as a condition of all human awareness. A discussion of why pharmacologic explanations for the OBE and NDE are wanting, plus neurologic arguments for memory''s non-localizability, and how animal sentience adds to philosophic conviction coordinate with S
Trade ReviewIt must be said that Robert Geis's extensive knowledge of contemporary neurobiology is coupled with a remarkable command of the history of philosophy. * Review of Metaphysics *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Part 2 I. More Than Consciousness Chapter 3 Quantum Theory and Realities of Distinction Chapter 4 Methodology Chapter 5 Consciousness Chapter 6 Other Chapter 7 Color and Objectification Chapter 8 The Extralinguistic Object Part 9 II. Consciousness Immortal Chapter 10 Disintegration and Partibility Chapter 11 Death and Purpose Chapter 12 Indivisible Sensation and "Zombie" Theory Chapter 13 Coherence, Percept, Qualia Chapter 14 Other Difficulties for Neurophilosophy Chapter 15 Conceptualization, Memory, Immateriality Chapter 16 Anecdotal or Evidential? Chapter 17 Sentient Immortality Chapter 18 Another World Chapter 19 Notes Chapter 20 Index Chapter 21 About the Author
