Download or read book The Ontological Problem, digital original edition written by Paul M. Churchland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection from a recently updated edition of a classic work by Paul Churchland considers such questions as the nature of mental states and processes, in what medium they take place, how they are related to the physical world, whether consciousness survives the disintegration of the physical body, and if a purely physical system such as a computer could enjoy real conscious experience. It proceeds by investigating which of the available theories of mind proves to be the most reasonable theory on the evidence and has the greatest explanatory power, predictive power, coherence, and simplicity.