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Materialist Theory of Mind is one of a handful of texts that began the physicalist revolution in the philosophy of mind. In this collection, distinguished philosophers examine what we still owe to it, how to expand it, as well as looking back on how it came about.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: Peter R. Anstey and David Braddon-Mitchell: A Materialist Theory of the Mind in Context
- 2: D. M. Armstrong: Lewis and the Identity Theory
- 3: A. R. J. Fisher: The Two Davids and Australian Materialism
- 4: Sharon Ford: Causation, Perception, and Dispositions: Towards A Materialist Theory of the Mind
- 5: Peter Godfrey-Smith: Materialism, Then and Now
- 6: David Rosenthal: Armstrong and Perception
- 7: Frank Jackson: Does A Materialist Theory of the Mind give us a Reply to the Knowledge Argument?
- 8: Katalin Farkas: Closing (or at Least Narrowing) the Explanatory Gap
- 9: Ryan Cox: Introspection and Distinctness: Armstrong and Shoemaker on Introspection
- 10: Daniel Stoljar: Armstrong's Just-so Story about Consciousness
- 11: William G. Lycan: Armstrong on Conation
- 12: David Braddon-Mitchell: Causal Conditionalism
- 13: Amie L. Thomasson: A Materialist Reconception of the Mind
- 14: John Heil: Armstrong's Revenge
About the author
Peter Anstey studied Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He specializes in Early Modern Philosophy with a special focus on Locke, Boyle, Bacon, and Experimental Philosophy. He was the inaugural Professor of Early Modern Philosophy at the University of Otago from 2006 to 2012, before returning to Sydney University where he is currently Professor of Philosophy. He is literary executor to the late D. M. Armstrong.
Braddon-Mitchell did graduate work at the Australian National University, working on the Philosophy of Mind and Explanation. He has since worked at the University of Auckland before going to the University of Sydney in 2000 where he is currently Professor of Philosophy. He works in the Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, and Explanation.
Summary
Armstrong's Materialist Theory of Mind is one of a handful of texts that began the physicalist revolution in the philosophy of mind. In this collection, distinguished philosophers examine what we still owe to it, how to expand it, as well as looking back on how it came about.
