Philosophy of Mind

In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind...

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This book showcases a range of views on topics at the forefront of current controversies in the field of metaphysics. It will give readers a varied and alive introduction to the field, and cover such key issues as: modality, fundamentality, composition, the object/property distinction, and indetermi..

Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions. There currently exist annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures philosophy of mind’s..

Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions. There currently exist annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures philosophy of mind’s..

This book provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the hottest and most influential contemporary debates in philosophy of perception, written especially for this volume by many of the most important philosophers of the field. The book addresses the following key questions: Can perception be..

This book, published in 1976, presents an entirely original approach to the subject of the mind-body problem, examining it in terms of the conceptual links between the physical sciences and the sciences of human behaviour. It is based on the cybernetic concepts of information and feedback and on the..

@text: Donald Davidson (1917-2003) was one of the most prominent and influential philosophers of the second half of twentieth century. This book brings together articles by preeminent philosophers working language and mind to offer new insights on Davidson’s key ideas. This book was originally publi..

In this book, Rebekka Hufendiek explores emotions as embodied, action-oriented representations, providing a non-cognitivist theory of emotions that accounts for their normative dimensions. Embodied Emotions will be of interest to philosophers working on emotions, embodied cognition and situated cogn..

Fascinating pieces of work, the essays in this collection attest to the illuminating power of evolutionary thinking when applied to the understanding of the human mind. Topics covered range from general methodological issues to long-standing philosophical problems such as human rationality...

This outstanding collection of specially commissioned articles examines the historical and philosophical aspects of German idealism and assesses the renewed interest in idealism across a wide number of fields...

Providing an introduction to philosophy of the mind, this text introduces and examines the traditional positions on the "mind-body" problem, and the issues that could define philosophy in the future. It includes a brief survey of relevant topics...