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Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation by Jaegwon Kim is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind - in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.

Who reads Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation?

Author

Jaegwon Kim

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Physics, Stem