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The thesis of this work is that the modern scientific world view, emerging in the 20th Century, makes a new metaphysics in System Science. That metaphysics illuminates the most difficult subjects in... More > Psychology, like mind, consciousness and the self. It proposes that the phenomena of life and mind—and even of "soul" and "spirit"—are the natural emergents of the basic forms of Nature itself, and that these forms have been discovered and described in the science of the last hundred years. The main resources for this conclusion are in those developments, as amplified in the work of Alfred North Whitehead and Gregory Bateson. The book is intended as a reading in History and Systems of Psychology and for an interested public. The title of the book means "messenger of mind." It is a tribute to Galileo Galilei, whose book, Siderius Nuncius ("messenger of the stars") appeared in 1610 and founded both telescope Astronomy and the modern scientific era. Cheaper b&w and e-book editions are available.< Less
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The thesis of this work is that the modern scientific world view, emerging from the 20th Century, makes a new metaphysics in System Science. That metaphysics illuminates the most difficult subjects... More > in Psychology, like mind, consciousness and the self. The phenomena of life and mind—and even of “soul” and “spirit”—are emergent from the most basic forms of Nature itself. Those forms have been discovered and described in the science of the last hundred years. The resources for this thesis are those developments, as amplified by the work of Alfred North Whitehead and Gregory Bateson. The title of the book means "messenger of mind." It is a tribute to Galileo Galilei, whose book, Siderius Nuncius ("messenger of the stars"), in 1610, founded telescope Astronomy and the modern scientific era.< Less
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The same as the color edition, but in b&w to reduce the price. The thesis of this work is that the modern scientific world view, emerging from developments in the 20th Century, make a new... More > metaphysics in System Science. That metaphysics illuminates the most difficult subjects in Psychology, like mind, consciousness and the self. It proposes that the phenomena of life and mind—and even of "soul" and "spirit"—are the natural emergents of the basic forms of Nature itself, and that these forms have been discovered and described in the science of the last hundred years. The main resources for this conclusion are in those developments. The title of the book means "messenger of mind." It is a tribute to Galileo Galilei, whose book, Siderius Nuncius ("messenger of the stars") appeared in 1610 and founded both telescope Astronomy and the modern scientific era.< Less
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The thesis of this work is that the modern scientific world view, emerging in the 20th Century, makes a new metaphysics in System Science. That metaphysics illuminates the most difficult subjects in... More > Psychology, like mind, consciousness and the self. It proposes that the phenomena of life and mind—and even of "soul" and "spirit"—are the natural emergents of the basic forms of Nature itself, and that these forms have been discovered and described in the science of the last hundred years. The main resources for this conclusion are in those developments, as amplified in the work of Alfred North Whitehead and Gregory Bateson. The book is intended as a reading in History and Systems of Psychology and for an interested public. The title of the book means "messenger of mind." It is a tribute to Galileo Galilei, whose book, Siderius Nuncius ("messenger of the stars") appeared in 1610 and founded both telescope Astronomy and the modern scientific era. Cheaper b&w and e-book editions are available.< Less

About Hugo du Coudray

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Hugo du Coudray was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, in 1933. He came to the United States in 1943 and became a citizen in 1950. He finished elementary school in Montreal, Canada; high school in Yuma, Arizona; and attended college in the University of Arizona (Engineering), México City College (Anthropology), and the University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1959, Psychology-Pre Medicine). Graduate degrees: University of Oregon (MA, 1964; Ph.D., 1966. Psychology). Academic posts: University of Oregon (1962), Stanford University (1963-1967), Portland State University (1967-present), Oregon Health & Sciences University (1998-present). Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, PSU and Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine, OHSU. Beside his academic career, he has practical and research experience in mental hospitals, clinical practice, and rehabilitation from traumatic brain injury. He has always had an interest in Psychological theory.