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Books released

Posted by I. Aranyosi on Saturday, August 24, 2013, In : authored work

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

The Peripheral Mind (OUP, 2013) now on pre-sale

Posted by I. Aranyosi on Sunday, February 10, 2013, In : authored work

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!

God, Mind, and Logical Space (forthcoming at Palgrave Macmillan)

Posted by I. Aranyosi on Friday, January 25, 2013, In : authored work

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.

"Should we fear quantum torment?", now published

Posted by I. Aranyosi on Saturday, August 18, 2012, In : authored work

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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My book, The Peripheral Mind, forthcoming at OUP

Posted by I. Aranyosi on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, In : authored work

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 �...