Consciousness and the Great Philosophers - What Would They Have Said About Our Mind-Body Problem?

Consciousness and the Great Philosophers addresses the question of how the great philosophers of the past might have reacted to the contemporary problem of consciousness. Each of the thirty-two chapters within this edited collection focuses on a major philosophical figure from the history of philosophy, from Anscombe to Xuanzang, and imaginatively engages with the problem from their perspective.

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Written by leading experts in the field, this exciting and engaging book explores the relevance of the history of philosophy to contemporary debates and therefore is essential reading for students and scholars studying the history of philosophy, contemporary philosophy of mind and consciousness, or both.

List of contents

Preface
Plato David Skrbina
Aristotle Lenn E. Goodman
Plotinus Suzanne Stern-Gillet
Vasubandhu / Xuanzang Dan Lusthaus
Dharmakīrti Mark Siderits
Avicenna Nader El-Bizri
Aquinas Edward Feser
Descartes John Cottingham
Locke Matthew Stuart
Spinoza Genevieve Lloyd
Leibniz Tim Crane
Berkeley Tom Stoneham
Hume P.J.E. Kail
Kant Tobias Schlicht
Hegel Richard Dien Winfield
Schelling Sebastian Gardner
Schopenhauer Robert J. Wicks
William James Owen Flanagan & Heather Wallace
Nietzsche Rex Welshon
Frege Darragh Byrne
Husserl John J. Drummond
Russell Philip Goff
Collingwood Stephen Leach
Wittgenstein Oskari Kuusela
Heidegger Denis McManus
Ryle Julia Tanney
Sartre Joseph S. Catalano
Merleau-Ponty Shaun Gallagher
Quine Alex Orenstein
Anscombe Rachael Wiseman
Derrida Simon Glendinning
Rorty James Tartaglia
Postscript: The Golden Key
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Stephen Leach is Senior Research Assistant in Philosophy at Keele University, UK. He is the author of The Foundations of History: Collingwood's Analysis of Historical Explanation (2009).
James Tartaglia is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University, UK. He is the author of Philosophy in a Meaningless Life (2016).

Product details

• Authors: Stephen (Keele University Leach, Stephen Tartaglia Leach
• Assisted by: Stephen Leach (Editor), Leach Stephen (Editor), James Tartaglia (Editor), Tartaglia James (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138934429
• ISBN: 978-1-138-93442-9
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -