István Aranyosi

Both my books are now released. Check them out on my Amazon author page.






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My debut book The Peripheral Mind. Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System (Oxford University Press, 2013) can now be pre-ordered. For details, see the book's official FB page. The cover art by Alex Robciuc is pasted below. Enjoy!



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My second book manuscript, titled God, Mind, and Logical Space, is now accepted for publication and enters the production stage. It will come out this year with Palgrave Macmillan, as part of the new series Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. As with my other book (The Peripheral Mind, Oxford University Press forthcoming), the cover will feature work by  Alex Robciuc. For some quotes, check out this blog.

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My paper, "A new argument for mind-brain identity", published in British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 62 (3): 489 - 517, has been awarded Honorable Mention at the 2012 APA Article Prize. 

 The official announcement is here.
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My essay, Should we fear quantum torment, is published in Ratio 25 (3) 249-259.
 
 Abstract:

The prospect, in terms of subjective expectations, of immortality under the no-collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics is certain, as pointed out by several authors, both physicists and, more recently, philosophers. The argument, known as quantum suicide, or quantum immortality, has received some critical discussion, but there hasn't been any questioning of David Lewis's point that there is a terrif...
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An excerpt from the preface:

My approach in this monograph could easily be classified as part of the currently burgeoning “embodied mind” school or trend in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Where it differs from most other works in this field is, I would say, in that (a) it offers a somewhat more focused view of embodiment via offering a conceptual role to the PNS as such in analyzing mental phenomena rather than keeping the discourse at the level of notions like �...

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“Oral phenomenology” Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Guest Editor: István Aranyosi (Bilkent University)

Csontváry, "Old woman peeling apple", 1894, (detail)

The oral cavity is an anatomical unit most relevant to contemporary approaches in the philosophy and psychology of perception which consider the senses as integrated perceptual systems, and perception as an active phenomenon dependent on such systems (e.g. James Gibson’s influential work in ecological psycho...

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