You Are Not A Brain by Markus Gabriel
Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
A critique of neuro-reductionism, it argues that the mind cannot be identified with brain activity alone and that consciousness, meaning, and intentionality exist within broader social, cultural, and normative contexts. It introduces the idea of “fields of sense” to explain how experiences and values become intelligible beyond neural correlates. Defending free will and the irreducibility of the first-person perspective, it challenges scientism and strict materialism. The discussion spans ethics, art, religion, and artificial intelligence to show why human selfhood resists reduction to biological mechanisms.
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- I Am Not a Brain
- Ich ist nicht Gehirn
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