Process Approaches to Consciousness in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind

In this valuable contribution to the dialogue between contemporary studies on consciousness and Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy, Weber (Centre for Philosophical Practice "Chromatiques whiteheadiennes," Brussels) and Weekes (independent scholar/educational consultant, New York; secretary, Whitehead Psychology Nexus) introduce 14 perspectives on this relationship from fields including neuroscience, biology, animal ethnology, psychotherapy, and physics. International contributors offer conceptual and empirical support for Whitehead's metaphysical ideas on the nature of consciousness, mind-body problem, free will, and causation. Authors concur on his view that consciousness is more widely distributed than assumed. But as the editors point out, this specialized focus on Whiteheadian philosophy is somewhat of a paradox because he had protested the modern compartmentalization of knowledge. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Michel Weber is Director of the Center for Philosophical Practice “Chromatiques whiteheadiennes,” Brussels, and author of Whitehead’s Pancreativism: The Basics.

Anderson Weekes is an independent scholar and an educational consultant in New York.