abstract

The book publication is a design of a new social mind-matter-morality model in the framework of interaction between things and between persons. The set up takes place in the context of finality (goal) as well as causality (cause-effect) between stimulus-need, norm-value and cognition-perception. The model is sustained by theories and experiments in physics, biology and psychology. Several existential topics are under discussion as for example God, free will, creationism-evolutionism, subject-object relation, moral relativity, etc. The descriptive mind and matter model is the basis for a normative model of mind and morality. With the aid of an extensive family case study and figures, the book can be used and is taught for several courses, an issue that concerns all of us.

conferences

The model of mind and matter is poster and orally presented on the conferences: Dynamic Ontology (Trento, 2004), Consciousness and Experiencing Psychology (Oxford, 2005), Models of Brain and Mind: Physical, Computational and Psychological Approaches (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 2006) and Quantum Mind (Salzburg, 2007).

TOC

1          MAN & ENVIRONMENT: APPROACHING MIND & MATTER  (Part I)

1.1        Introduction

1.2        Approaching Mind-Matter: Methods & Means

1.3        Beyond Common Language: Language & Logic

1.4        Beyond Law and Order: Finality & Causality

1.4.1      Process Levels: Finality & Causality

1.4.2      Linear Process Unit: Finality

1.4.3      Cyclic Process Unit: Causality

1.5         Levels Of Interactions of Man & Environment

1.6         Conclusions: Man & Environment

2            SOCIAL MAN: PROCESSES OF MIND & MATTER

2.1          Introduction

2.2          Physical Level: Inter-Object Behaviour

2.2.1       Sensation-Motivation: Stimulus & Need

2.2.2       Sensation of a Stimulus

2.2.3       Motivation of a Need

2.3          Mental Level: Mind between Matter

2.3.1       Cognition-Perception: Structuring & Information

2.3.2       Cognition of Structuring

2.3.3       Perception of Information

2.4          Social Level: Inter-Subject Behaviour

2.4.1       Sensation-Motivation: Norm & Value                                                                                                                              

2.4.2       Sensation of a Norm

2.4.3       Motivation of a Value

2.5          Levels Of Processes Of Mind & Matter

2.6          Conclusions: Processes Of Mind & Matter

3             ECONOMIC MAN: TRANSACTIONS OF MIND & MATTER

3.1          Introduction 

3.2          Shortage & Surplus

3.2.1       Cognition-Perception: Shortage & Surplus

3.2.2       Cognition of Need/Value: Shortage-Surplus

3.2.3       Perception of Stimulus/Norm: Surplus-Shortage

3.3          Levels Of Transactions Of Mind & Matter

3.4          Conclusions: Transactions Of Mind & Matter

4             CULTURAL MAN: DEVELOPMENTS OF MIND & MATTER

4.1          Introduction

4.2          Materialization & Mentalization

4.2.1       Cognition-Perception: Materialization & Mentalization

4.2.2       Cognition of Need/Value: Materialization

4.2.3       Perception of Stimulus/Norm: Mentalization

4.3          Levels Of Developments Of Mind & Matter

4.4          Conclusions: Developments Of Mind & Matter

5                  NATURAL MAN: TRANSFORMATIONS OF MIND & MATTER

5.1           Introduction

5.2           Mind-In-Matter & Matter-In-Mind

5.2.1        Cognition-Perception:Mind-In-Matter & Matter-In-Mind

5.2.2        Cognition of Need/Value: Mind-Matter Fusion-Fission

5.2.3        Perception of Stimulus/Norm: Matter-Mind Fusion-Fission

5.3           Levels Of Transformations Of Mind & Matter

5.4           Conclusions: Transformations Of Mind & Matter

6              UNIVERSAL MAN: UNIFICATIONS-CREATIONS OF MIND & MATTER

6.1           Introduction

6.2           Material Synergy & Mental Synergy

6.2.1        Cognition-Perception: Material-Mental Synergy

6.2.2        Cognition of Need/Value: Material Synergy

6.2.3        Perception of Stimulus/Norm: Mental Synergy

6.3           Levels of Unifications-Creations Of Mind & Matter

6.4           Conclusions: Unifications-Creations Of Mind & Matter

7              MORAL MAN: MIND & MORALITY (Part II)

7.1           Introduction

7.2           Social Man: Moral Interaction

7.2.1        Moral Good

7.2.2        Social-Ethics

7.3           Economic Man: Moral Transaction

7.3.1        Moral Satisfaction

7.3.2        Economic Ethics

7.4           Cultural Man: Moral Relation

7.4.1         Moral Pleasure

7.4.2         Culture-Ethics

7.5            Natural Man: Moral Dependency

7.5.1         Moral Fulfilment

7.5.2         Nature-Ethics

7.6            Universal Man: Moral Connection

8.6.1          Moral Happiness

8.6.2          Universal Ethics

7.7             Levels of Mind & Morality

7.7.1          Levels of Morality and Non-Morality

7.7.2          Levels of Ethics

7.7.3          Duality of Morality

7.8             Conclusions: Mind & Morality

8                GENERAL REVIEW & CONCLUSIONS

8.1             Mind & Matter

8.1.1          Finality-Causality & Space-Time

8.1.2          Material Evolution & Mental Evolution

8.1.3          Determinism & Indeterminism

8.1.4          Subluminality-Superluminality of Matter & Mind

8.1.5          Intersubjectivity & Subject-Object Relation

8.1.6          Micro Universe & Macro Universe

8.1.7          Man & Machine

8.2             Mind & Morality

8.2.1          Mind & Aesthetics

                 Bibliography Mind & Matter

                 Bibliography Mind & morality