The Origin of Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem

The Origin of Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem is a groundbreaking book that is both incisive and highly readable. Having been a half century in the making it presents a profoundly new paradigm. Besides explaining how language created consciousness it describes how the Scientific Revolution led to the mind-body problem. This problem is about how our mind which represents our subjective seemingly nonphysical experiences can be logically connected to our objective physical body. In other words how the physical body can respond to instructions given to it by a nonphysical mind. This book also explains the origin of our personal self as well as how our internal dialogues created self-awareness. As such it will enlighten the reader on issues that have long perplexed the worlds best thinkers.