Sensations : A Defense of Type Materialism

Zusammenfassung This is a book about sensory states and their apparent characteristics. It confronts a whole series of metaphysical and epistemological questions and presents an argument for type materialism: the view that sensory states are identical with the neural states with which they are correlated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Topics and themes; Part II. The Mind-Body Problem: 2. The failings of dualism and the double-aspect theory; 3. The failings of functionalism; 4. In defense of type materialism; Part III. Introspection: 5. Introspective awareness of sensations; 6. Introspection and the skeptic; Part IV. Sensory Concepts: 7. Concepts of bodily sensations: Their semantic properties; 8. Concepts of visual sensations: Their content and their deployment; Part V. Other Minds: 9. Knowledge of other minds; 10. Unity of consciousness, other minds, and phenomenal space; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Christopher Hill, Christopher S. Hill, Hill Christopher S.
• Collaboration: Jonathan Dancy (Editeur), Ernest Sosa (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 15.01.1991
• EAN: 9780521397377
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39737-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 18 mm
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: de l'Antiquité à nos jours; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind