The Emergence of Subtle Organicism
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Western science rests on the philosophical foundation of materialist monism, according to which only physical matter exists and therefore only physical matter can be known. Furthermore, matter is known to us only through the sense organs or indirectly through instruments. Consequently valid knowledge can only be derived from a logical interpretation of sensory experience. Materialist monism (henceforth materialism) also asserts that mind and consciousness are epiphenomena of matter. Mind is not a thing – mind is what the brain does. The neurobiologist Steven Rose defines mind as:
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