David H. M. Brooks
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David Havard Macleod Brooks (6 February 1950 - 27 October 1996) was a South Africa
n philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town
.
Brooks was born in Pietermaritzburg
, KwaZulu-Natal
. He is the author of The Unity of Mind, published by Macmillan
in 1994 and also the author of papers on philosophical aspects of biology and on the special wrongness which characterises racial discrimination, On living in an Unjust Society published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, and subsequently anthologized in a collection entitled Social Ethics; and on human rights in South Africa. He died in Cape Town
on 27 October 1996.
Posthumous publication on research into the Enneagram
Brooks, David, "Are personality traits inherited?" South African Journal of Science, Jan 1998, Vol. 94, p9.
Only very sophisticated organisms like philosophers fail to be naive realists! - David H.M. Brooks How to Solve the Hard Problem: A Predictable Inexplicability 1999
Brooks, D. H. M. (1981). Memories and the world. Analysis 41 (June):141-145.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1985). Strawson, Hume, and the unity of consciousness. Mind 94 (October):583-86.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1986). Group minds. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 64 (December):456-70.
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Brooks, D. H. M. (1992). Secondary qualities and representation. Analysis 52 (3):174-179.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1994). How to perform a reduction. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 54 (4):803-14.
Reduction comes to supervenience plus explicability. Thus biconditionals, multiple realizability, etc., are irrelevant. Biology is already reduced (mostly via functional explanation), and psychology looks promising. Nice.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1995). The Unity of the Mind. St Martin's Press.
Brooks, David (1980). The impossibility of psycho-physical laws. Philosophical Papers 9 (October):21-45.
Brooks, David (1995). Cartesian inner space. South African Journal of Philosophy 14 (4):135-144.
Brooks, David (2000). How to solve the hard problem: A predictable inexplicability. Psyche 6 (4):5-20.
Posthumous publication: How to Solve the Hard Problem: A Predictable Inexplicability http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v6/psyche-6-04-brooks.html
Review of 'The Unity of the Mind in the Journal 'Mind' http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/104/416/889
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
.
Brooks was born in Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...
, KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
. He is the author of The Unity of Mind, published by Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
in 1994 and also the author of papers on philosophical aspects of biology and on the special wrongness which characterises racial discrimination, On living in an Unjust Society published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, and subsequently anthologized in a collection entitled Social Ethics; and on human rights in South Africa. He died in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
on 27 October 1996.
Posthumous publication on research into the Enneagram
Enneagram of Personality
The Enneagram of Personality is a model of human personality which is principally used as a typology. Principally developed by Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo, it is also partly based on earlier teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff...
Brooks, David, "Are personality traits inherited?" South African Journal of Science, Jan 1998, Vol. 94, p9.
Only very sophisticated organisms like philosophers fail to be naive realists! - David H.M. Brooks How to Solve the Hard Problem: A Predictable Inexplicability 1999
Brooks, D. H. M. (1981). Memories and the world. Analysis 41 (June):141-145.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1985). Strawson, Hume, and the unity of consciousness. Mind 94 (October):583-86.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1986). Group minds. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 64 (December):456-70.
Additional links for this entry:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ajphil/1986/00000064/00000004/art00003
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tajp/1986/00000064/00000004/art00003
Brooks, D. H. M. (1992). Secondary qualities and representation. Analysis 52 (3):174-179.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1994). How to perform a reduction. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 54 (4):803-14.
Reduction comes to supervenience plus explicability. Thus biconditionals, multiple realizability, etc., are irrelevant. Biology is already reduced (mostly via functional explanation), and psychology looks promising. Nice.
Brooks, D. H. M. (1995). The Unity of the Mind. St Martin's Press.
Brooks, David (1980). The impossibility of psycho-physical laws. Philosophical Papers 9 (October):21-45.
Brooks, David (1995). Cartesian inner space. South African Journal of Philosophy 14 (4):135-144.
Brooks, David (2000). How to solve the hard problem: A predictable inexplicability. Psyche 6 (4):5-20.
External links
GeneralPosthumous publication: How to Solve the Hard Problem: A Predictable Inexplicability http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v6/psyche-6-04-brooks.html
Review of 'The Unity of the Mind in the Journal 'Mind' http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/104/416/889