Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World - Themes From the Philosophy of Jaegwon Kim

A collection of new essays that develop themes from the work of the philosopher Jaegwon Kim.

List of contents

1. Reality and reduction: what's really at stake in the causal exclusion debate Louise Antony; 2. Two property theories and the causal conundrum for physicalism Frank Jackson; 3. Mental causation: the free lunch Barry Loewer; 4. Does mental causation require psychophysical identities? Brian McLaughlin; 5. The Canberra plan neglects ground Ned Block; 6. Microrealization and the mental Sydney Shoemaker; 7. Supervenience and the causal explanation of behavior Fred Dretske; 8. Visual awareness and visual qualia Christopher Hill; 9. Phenomenal externalism, Lolita, and the planet Xenon Michael Tye; 10. Troubles for radical transparency James Van Cleve; 11. How theories work: open questions for methodological philosophy of science Lawrence Sklar.

About the author

Terry Horgan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona.Marcelo Sabates is Associate Provost for International Programs at Kansas State University.David Sosa is Temple Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin.

Summary

How does mind fit into nature? No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify this question than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work.

Product details

• Authors: Terence (University of Arizona) Sabates Horgan, Terence Sabates Horgan
• Assisted by: Terence Horgan (Editor), Horgan Terence (Editor), Marcelo Sabates (Editor), Sabates Marcelo (Editor), David Sosa (Editor), Sosa David (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107077836
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07783-6
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology