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Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction is a comprehensive and accessible survey of main themes, positions and debates in philosophy of mind. John Heil introduces and discusses the major topics in succinct, user-friendly, self-contained chapters: * Cartesian dualism * Descartes's legacy * non-Cartesian dualism * behaviorism * the identity theory * functionalism * the representational theory of mind * qualia * radical interpretation * the intentional stance * eliminativism * property dualism * mind and metaphysics * the mind's place in nature This revised and updated edition includes expanded chapters on eliminativism, qualia, and the representational theory of mind, and an entirely new chapter on property dualism. There are annotated suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, updated to include recent material and internet resources.

Table of Contents:
Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Experience and reality; 1.2 The unavoidability of the philosophy of mind; 1.3 Science and metaphysics; 1.4 Metaphysics and cognitive science; 1.5 A look ahead Suggested reading; 2. Cartesian Dualism; 2.1 Science and philosophy; 2.2 Descartes's Dualism; 2.3 Substances, attributes, and modes; 2.4 The metaphysics of Cartesian Dualism; 2.5 Mind-body interaction Suggested reading; 3. Decartes's legacy; 3.1 Dualism without interaction; 3.2 Parallelism; 3.3 Occasionalism; 3.4 Causation and occasionalism; 3.5 Idealism; 3.6 Mind and meaning; 3.7 Epiphenomealism Suggested reading; 4. Non-Cartesian Dualism; 4.1 Three facets of Cartesian Dualism; 4.2 Individuating substances; 4.3 Metaphysical interlude; 4.4 Substance dualism; 4.5 Self-body interaction; 4.6 Taking stock Suggested reading; 5. Behaviourism; 5.1 Moving away from Dualism; 5.2 Historical and philosophical background; 5.3 Privacy and its consequences; 5.4 The beetle in the box; 5.5 Philosophical behaviourism; 5.6 Dispositions; 5.7 Behavioural analysis; 5.8 Sensation; 5.9 The legacy of philosophical behaviourism; 5.10 Intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics; 5.11 Psychological behaviourism; 5.12 The demise of behaviourism Suggested reading; 6. The identity theory; 6.1 Correlation to identification; 6.2 Parsimony; 6.3 Self-conscious thought; 6.4 Locating mental qualities; 6.5 Substance, properties, states, and events; 6.6 Predicates and properties; 6.7 Strict identity; 6.8 Leibniz's law; 6.9 The USD64 question; 6.10 Qualities of experiences and qualities experienced; 6.11 Epistemological loose ends; 6.12 Taking stock Suggested reading; 7. Functionalism; 7.1 The emergence of functionalism; 7.2 The functionalist picture; 7.3 Abstraction as partial consideration; 7.4 Minds as computing machines; 7.5 Functional explanation; 7.6 Functionalist ontology; 7.7 Functionalism and materialism; 7.8 Functional properties; 7.9 Mental properties as functional properties; 7.10 Functionalism and behaviourism; 7.11 Characterizing functional states; 7.12 Total functional systems Suggested reading; 8. The representational theory of mind; 8.1 Mental representation; 8.2 Semantic engines; 8.3 The mind as a semantic engine; 8.4 The Chinese room; 8.5 From syntax to semantics; 8.6 Levels of description; 8.7 Levels of description and the special sciences; 8.8 From taxonomy to ontology; 8.9 Layers of reality Suggested reading; 9. Qualia; 9.1 Qualities of conscious experience; 9.2 Zombies; 9.3 Biting the bullet; 9.4 Living without Qualia; 9.5 The mystery of consciousness Suggested reading; 10. Radical interpretation; 10.1 Minds as constructs; 10.2 Davidson and the propositional attitudes; 10.3 Semantic opacity; 10.4 Radical interpretation: Background issues; 10.5 T-theories; 10.6 From T-theories to I-theories; 10.; 7 Decision theory; 10.8 Charity; 10.9 Indeterminacy; 10.10 The omniscient interpreter; 10.11 Inte

About the Author :
John Heil is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University, US, and Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia. His previous publications include The Nature of True Minds (1992) and From an Ontological Perspective (2003).

Review :
'I enjoyed reading this book immensely and think very hightly indeed of it both as a student text and as a serious work of philosophy. It is well-organized, well-informed, up-to-date, comprehensive in scope, and written in an extremely clear and accessible style.' - E. J. Lowe, Durham University, on the 1st edition 'It is pitched at the right level for undergraduates... The book reads as the work of a very good philosopher who wants to introduce students to the topic.' - Times Higher Education Supplement, on the 1st edition 'Contains some of the clearest and most penetrating discussions I have ever read of functionalism and of the interpretative accounts of Davidson and Dennett. This fact alone makes the book an appealing candidate for upper-level undergraduate courses.' - Philosophical Quarterley, on the 1st edition


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415283557
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Series Title: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
  • Weight: 567 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0415283558
  • Publisher Date: 20 May 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Contemporary Introduction
  • Width: 156 mm


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