Theories of Consciousness and the Problem of Evil in the History of Ideas

ISBN-13: 9783031264047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Ben Lazare Mijuskovic

Opis

In this book, Ben Lazare Mijuskovic uses both an interdisciplinary and History of Ideas approach to discuss four forms of intertwined theories of human consciousness and reflexive self-consciousness (Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel; Schopenhauer’s subconscious irrational Will; Brentano and Husserl’s transcendent intentionality; and Freud’s dynamic ego). Mijuskovic explores these theories within the context of psychological issues, where the discussion is undergirded by the conflict between loneliness and intimacy. He also explores them in the context of ethics, where the dynamic is between the values of good and evil. The book historically traces these issues in both a personal as well as a political framework. 

Spis treści

Preface

Chapter I The Battle between the Gods and the Giants: The Idealists and the Materialists

Chapter II Historical and Conceptual Background: The Achilles of Rationalist Arguments

Chapter III Can Senseless Matter Alone Think?

Chapter IV Is Perception or Self-Consciousness Primary? To which First Principle Does Personal Identity Belong?

Chapter V The Role Freedom, Spontaneity, and Genius Assume within Ethical, Epistemic, and Aesthetic Contexts versus the Boundaries of Scientific Determinism

Chapter VI Time-Consciousness, Subjective Idealism, and Personal Identity

Chapter VII The Philosophical Application of the Concepts of Freedom, Spontaneity, and Genius in Various Contexts

Chapter VIII On the Distinction between the Is and the Ought, Facts and Values, Science and Ethics

Chapter IX Narcissism, Loneliness and the Problem of Evil

Chapter X Déjà Vu and the Problem of Evil: A Case Study of Political Narcissism

Chapter XI Is the Existential Condition of Mankind Improving or Deteriorating?  

Chapter XII Is the Physical Universe and the Evolutionary Ages of Mankind Cyclical or Linear?

O autorze

Ben Lazare Mijuskovic was associate professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA, prior to retirement.  He is also a licensed clinical therapist and has worked for many years with the San Diego and Los Angeles Departments of Mental Health. 

Blurb

In this book, Ben Lazare Mijuskovic uses both an interdisciplinary and History of Ideas approach to discuss four forms of intertwined theories of human consciousness and reflexive self-consciousness (Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel; Schopenhauer’s subconscious irrational Will; Brentano and Husserl’s transcendent intentionality; and Freud’s dynamic ego). Mijuskovic explores these theories within the context of psychological issues, where the discussion is undergirded by the conflict between loneliness and intimacy. He also explores them in the context of ethics, where the dynamic is between the values of good and evil. The book historically traces these issues in both a personal as well as a political framework. 

Ben Lazare Mijuskovic was associate professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA, prior to retirement.  He is also a licensed clinical therapist and has worked for many years with the San Diego and Los Angeles Departments of Mental Health.