"Felix Mikhailov' book considers the philosophical problems of the human consciousness, its relation to the surrounding world and the means by which self-knowledge can be theoretically investigated. It poses and offers solutions to many questions raised by the nature of human thought, the intellect and the possibility of creating an artificial intellect. By means of a wide survey the book shows that the Self is a product of historically developing cultures in which infinite nature cognises and transforms itself." Jacket note on _The Riddle of the Self_ by F.T. Mikhailov
http://www.marxists.org/archive/mikhailov/works/riddle/index.htm Feliks Mikhailov 1976 The Riddle of the Self -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written: 1976; Source: The Riddle of the Self; Publisher: Published in English by Progress Publishers in 1980; Transcribed: Andy Blunden; HTML Markup: Andy Blunden; Proofed: and corrected by Chris Clayton 2006. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Where Is the Self? “I” See and “I” Understand Chapter One: Clear Approaches and Dead-Ends What Is Knowledge Something About "Something" When Is Kant Right? Towards a Solution Chapter Two: Social & Individual Consciousness Bertrand Russell's Mistake Individual and Social (Hegel versus Russell) The End of the Mind-Body Problem Dreams of the Kurshskaya Sand Bar The Substance of History Chapter Three: Man and His Thought Life Source of the Self The Language of Real Life When Consciousness Is Conscious of Itself The Real Life of Language Language and Consciousness The Riddle Answered? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glossary References: Matter | Consciousness | Materialism | Vygotsky Further reading: Awakening to Life, Alexander Meshcheryakov Thinking & Speaking, Lev Vygotsky The Thing-in-Itself and Dialectical Materialism, Lenin Subject Object Cognition, V A Lektorsky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mikhailov Internet Archive _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
