From Occam's Razor to the Roots of Consciousness: 20 Essays on Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Mind (Avebury Series in Philosophy)

A collection of previously published articles, most from the 1980s, with a few previously unpublished, demonstrating the irrelevance of Occam's razor when applied to most prominent hypothetico-deductive theories in the sciences. Subjects include biological aspects of the philosophy of mind, social aspects of rationality, moderate relativism and psychological sets, quantum mechanics and consciousness, methods in parapsychology, and the possible roots of consciousness. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.