{"product_id":"what-matter-feels","title":"What Matter Feels: Consciousness, Energy and Physics (How Science can Explain Minds)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes matter feel? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo flowers enjoy blooming? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo springs dislike being stretched? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern science denies that matter feels anything at all, let alone pleasure or pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut modern science is yet to explain how anything can feel-even us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e What Matter Feels, \u003c\/em\u003e Robert Pepperell PhD-a UK-based professor of interdisciplinary research-presents an innovative scientific framework that explores how consciousness might emerge from material systems.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy rethinking foundational principles of physics\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pepperell proposes that psychological properties of matter can be measured with the same accuracy as its physical properties like mass and energy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tools and methods offered in this treatise introduce a groundbreaking way of predicting and testing the psychological behaviour of both living and non-living systems, opening a new frontier in scientific inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn innovative scientific framework that explores how consciousness might emerge from material systems, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools and methods to predict and test the psychological behaviour of both living and non-living systems, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new scientific explanation for the relation between brain activity and mental states, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfound insights into the evolutionary forces that shape living organisms, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn exploration of how science can explain minds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book is a provocative idea: experience is a fundamental property of nature, deeply tied to the flow of energy within material systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on this hypothesis, Pepperell proposes a scientific model that may not only explain the correlation between neural activity and mental states but also their causal relationship. His approach offers testable predictions about, for example, how pleasure and pain are encoded in the brain and sheds light on the evolutionary forces that shape living organisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Matter Feels\u003c\/em\u003e invites you, the reader, to engage with a living scientific document, one that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and experimental exploration.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore how science can explain minds and challenge your way of thinking!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46315930976466,"sku":"9781068523212","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_baa07177-d153-4d78-b11e-d23ce5fdd0b8.jpg?v=1762639609","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/what-matter-feels","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}