About this book
Mind and Motion and Monism by George John Romanes offers a penetrating 19th-century inquiry into the tangled relations of consciousness, causation, and the natural world. Romanes—an influential Victorian biologist and thinker associated with Darwinian circles—takes readers through essays that interrogate materialism, defend varieties of monism, and probe the nature of mind and motion without resorting to metaphysical mysticism.
Combining scientific awareness with philosophical rigor, Romanes addresses themes still central to philosophy of mind: the status of consciousness, the idea of the world as an “eject,” the limits of mechanistic explanations, and the role of will and causality. Written against the backdrop of post-Darwinian debate, these essays reflect late-1800s efforts to reconcile evolutionary science with questions about mental phenomena and moral agency.
Thoughtful and historically rich, this audiobook is ideal for listeners interested in philosophy, history of science, and the evolution of ideas about mind-body relations. Scholars, students, and curious minds will find Romanes’ clear prose and argumentative breadth a rewarding bridge between Victorian intellectual history and contemporary discussions about consciousness and monism.
