| Introduction | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | Descartes, Boyle, and Hylomorphism | 13 |
| 1 | The Aristotelian Theory | 13 |
| 2 | Descartes | 16 |
| 3 | Sennert and Boyle on Chemical Composition | 22 |
| 3.1 | The Aristotelian Tradition | 23 |
| 3.2 | Sennert | 27 |
| 3.3 | Boyle's Rejection of Forms and Qualities | 30 |
| Ch. 2 | Self-Instantiating Information | 39 |
| 1 | Entropy and Information | 39 |
| 2 | Genetic Information as Self-Instantiating | 41 |
| 3 | The Hylomorphic Interpretation of Genetic Information | 44 |
| 4 | Self-Instantiation and Becoming | 45 |
| Ch. 3 | The Hierarchical Structure of a Self-Instantiating System | 51 |
| 1 | Levels of Magnitude and Function | 51 |
| 2 | Control | 54 |
| 3 | Levels of Control | 56 |
| Ch. 4 | Self-Instantiation and Temporal Continuity | 67 |
| 1 | The Analogy of Instantiation | 67 |
| 2 | Hume on Temporal Identity | 69 |
| 3 | The Self as Ontological Refuge | 72 |
| 4 | Living Systems as Subjects | 74 |
| 5 | The Fourth Dimension | 76 |
| Ch. 5 | Plants and Animals | 85 |
| 1 | Multicellular Organisms | 85 |
| 2 | Individuals within Individuals | 86 |
| 3 | Plants | 88 |
| 4 | Animals | 90 |
| 5 | Encephalization | 98 |
| 6 | Conclusion | 101 |
| Ch. 6 | Sentience | 105 |
| 1 | Neural Isomorphism | 106 |
| 1.1 | Cortical Mapping of Receptor Surfaces | 106 |
| 1.2 | The Somatosensory Cortex | 109 |
| 1.3 | The Vertical Organization of the Neocortex | 113 |
| 1.4 | The Visual Cortex | 117 |
| 1.5 | Auditory Cortex | 123 |
| 1.6 | Concluding Remarks | 123 |
| 2 | The Animal as Self-Instantiating System | 129 |
| 3 | Sensation | 134 |
| 4 | Conation | 138 |
| Ch. 7 | The Sense of Self: A Cartesian Meditation | 143 |
| 1 | Descartes on the Unity of Human Nature | 143 |
| 2 | The Embodied Self | 146 |
| 3 | The Angelic Self | 148 |
| 4 | The Structure of Human Self-Consciousness | 149 |
| 5 | The Schizophysiology of the Human Brain | 152 |
| 5.1 | The Neocortex | 152 |
| 5.2 | The Limbic System | 156 |
| 5.3 | A Case of Intellectual Automatism | 163 |
| Ch. 8 | The Active Intellect | 171 |
| 1 | The Hand | 172 |
| 2 | The Eye and the Hand | 174 |
| 3 | The Integrated Neocortical Sensory Field | 175 |
| 4 | Common Sensibles | 181 |
| 5 | Concepts | 185 |
| 6 | The Mind's Eye | 186 |
| Ch. 9 | Hylomorphism and Materialism | 193 |
| 1 | The Philosophy of Mind | 193 |
| 2 | Dualism and Materialism | 199 |
| 3 | Qualia | 208 |
| Glossary | 215 |
| Index | 223 |
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