Contemporary Philosophy of Mind - A Contentiously Classical Approach

Informationen zum Autor Georges Rey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. In addition to publishing numerous articles in the philosophy of mind, he is co-editor (with Barry Loewer) of Meaning and Mind (Blackwell, 1992). Klappentext An introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular! the book focuses on the controversial "eliminativist" and "instrumentalist" attacks on the ordinary concept of mind. In so doing! the author offers an explication and defence of "mental realism". Zusammenfassung An introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular! the book focuses on the controversial "eliminativist" and "instrumentalist" attacks on the ordinary concept of mind. In so doing! the author offers an explication and defence of "mental realism". Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Introduction. 1. Problems and Preliminaries. 2. The Temptations to Dualism. 3. Eliminativism: Philosophical Issues. 4. Eliminativism: Empirical Issues. 5. Mentalism: Pre-Functionalist Views. 6. Functionalism: Commonalities. 7. Functionalism: Differences. 8. CRTT: Computation (Meeting Descartes' Challenge). 9. CRTT: Representation (Meeting Brentano's Challenge). Replies to Common Objectives. Further Capacities (Meeting Levine's Challenge).

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• Authors: REY, G Rey, Georges Rey, Georges (University of Maryland) Rey, Rey Georges
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.1996
• EAN: 9780631190691
• ISBN: 978-0-631-19069-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Making Contemporary Britain Se; Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy of Mind, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -