Mind, Matter and Nature Palgrave Palgrave Macmillan our extraordinary synthesizing capacities as

our extraordinary synthesizing capacities as human beings

persuasiveness of narratives

never dreamed of becoming President or a locomotive engineer

Contributors include Tevia Abrams

neither has made sufficient use of the discipline that specializes in understanding structures and culture: sociology

Mind, Matter and Nature Palgrave Palgrave Macmillan our extraordinary synthesizing capacities asIntroductory texts on the philosophy of mind tend to presume that we are forced into a dichotomy between some version of materialism and substance dualism. Hylomorphism the idea that living material substances are not just matter, but compounds of matter and soul is typically treated as a historical curiosity or as inherently obscure. In Mind, Matter and Nature, James D. Madden offers an alternative: an introduction to contemporary philosophy of mind