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The book is intended as a reader-friendly introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind, including mental–physical causal interaction, computational models of thought, the relation minds bear to brains, and assorted -isms: behaviorism, dualism, eliminativism, emergentism, functionalism, materialism, neutral monism, and panpsychism. The Fourth Edition reintroduces a chapter on Donald Davidson and a discussion of ‘Non-Cartesian Dualism', along with a wholly new chapter on emergence and panpsychism. A concluding chapter draws together material in earlier chapters and offers what the author regards as a plausible account of the mind's place in nature. Suggested readings at the conclusion of each chapter have been updated, with a focus on accessible, non-technical material. Key Features of the Fourth Edition Includes a new chapter,'Emergence and Panpsychism'(Chapter 13), reflecting growing interest in these areas Reintroduces and updates a chapter on Donald Davidson,'Radical Interpretation'(Chapter 8), which was excised from the previous edition Updates'Descartes'Legacy'(Chapter 3) to include a discussion of E. J. Lowe's arresting'Non-Cartesian Dualism', also removed from the previou

Who reads Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)?

Author

Hohn Heil

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780429015977

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Anthropology, Humanities