About the Book
Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that includes classic and contemporary readings from leading philosophers. Addressing most major topics within philosophy of mind, O'Connor and Robb have carefully chosen articles under the following headings: Substance Dualism and Idealism Materialism Mind and Representation Consciousness Articles by the following philosophers are included: Zimmerman, Swinburne, Lowe, Robinson, Smart, Kripke, Zuboff, Lewis, Putnam, Block, Chalmers, Fodor, Dretske, Searle, Davidson, Dennett, Churchland, Levine, McGinn, Jackson, Carruthers, Harman, Hasker, Lockwood, Unger, Kim Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay written by the editors, which aims to guide the student gently into the topic. The book is highly accessible and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject, including discussion of leading philosophers in the field. Ideal for any philosophy student, this book will prove essential reading for any philosophy of mind course.
Block, Carruthers, Chalmers, Churchland, Davidson, Dennett, Dretske, Fodor, Harman, Hasker, Jackson, Kim, Kripke, Levine, Lewis, Lockwood, Lowe, McGinn, Putnam, Robinson, Searle, Smart, Swinburne, Ung
Table of Contents:
Preface, Acknowledgements Part 1: Substance Dualism and Idealism, Introduction A. Substance Dualism
1. Dean W. Zimmerman, "Two Cartesian Arguments for the Simplicity of the Soul" 2. Richard Swinburne, "The Soul" B. The Problem of Interaction 3. E.J. Lowe, "The Problem of Psychophysical Causation" 4. Jaegwon Kim, "Lonely Souls: Causality and Substance Dualism" C. Idealism 5. Howard Robinson, "The General Form of the Argument for Berkeleian Idealism" Part 2: Materialism, Introduction A. The Identity Theory 6. J.J.C. Smart, "Sensations and Brain Processes" and "Postscript (1995)" 7. Saul A. Kripke, "Naming and Necessity" 8. Jaegwon Kim, "Multiple Realization and the Metaphysics of Reduction" 9. Arnold Zuboff, "The Story of a Brain" B. Functionalism 10. David Lewis, "Reduction of Mind" 11. Hilary Putnam, "The Nature of Mental States" 12. Ned Block, "Troubles with Functionalism" 13. David J. Chalmers, "Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia" Part 3: Mind and Representation, Introduction A. Intentionality 14. Jerry A. Fodor, "Meaning and the World Order" 15. Fred Dretske, "Representational Systems" 16. John R. Searle, "Minds, Brains, and Programs" B. Propositional Attitudes and Eliminativism 17. Donald Davidson, "Thought and Talk" 18. Daniel C. Dennett, "True Believers: The Intentional Strategy and Why It Works" 19. Paul M. Churchland, "Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes" Part 4: Consiousness Introduction A. The Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness 20. Joseph Levine, "Materialism and Qualia: The Explanatory Gap" 21. Colin McGinn, "Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?" 22. Frank Jackson, "What Mary Didn't Know" B. Materialist Theories of Consciousness 23. David Lewis, "What Experience Teaches" 24. Peter Carruthers, "Brute Experience" 25. Gilbert Harman, "The Intrinsic Quality of Experience" C. Consciousness and Alternative Varieties of Dualism 26. William Hasker, "Emergent Dualism" 27. Michael Lockwood, "The Grain Problem" 28. Peter Unger, "The Mystery of the Physical and the Matter of Qualities: A Paper for Professor Shaffer
Review :
'This superb anthology is designed to be used in conjunction with John Heil's textbook Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction and together they make for an excellent undergraduate course, particularly one that emphasizes the metaphysical side of the field.' - Eric Margolis, Rice University, USA 'This is a very well-conceived collection of papers, combining established classics with some fresh choices which shed new light on old problems. The collection rightly emphasizes the traditional metaphysical issues which lie at the heart of the philosophy of mind, while not ignoring the lively contemporary debates about consciousness and the philosophy of cognitive science. Highly recommended.' - Tim Crane, University College London
