Philosophy of Mind

An outstanding reference source on the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting area, and the first philosophical collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, particularly philosophy of mind and psychology, the Handbook will also be of interest to th..

An outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting and interdisciplinary subject and is the first collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology and ethics. It will also be very useful for t..

An outstanding reference source to the key debates in this exciting subject area and represents the first collection of its kind. Nearly thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook comprises seven parts. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind an..

An outstanding 30-chapter reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and psychology, and for those related disciplines such as social psychology, sociology and s..

In 1975, Putnam published a paper called "The Meaning of 'Meaning'", which challenged the orthodox view in the philosophies of language and mind. The article's "Twin Earth" conclusions about meaning, thought and knowledge were shocking. This work contains writings on the subject of "Twin Earth"...

The second edition of Theories of Consciousness provides a fresh and up to date introduction to a variety of approaches to consciousness and contributes to the current lively debate about the nature of consciousness and whether a scientific understanding of it is possible. _x000D_ _x000D_..

Although scholarship in philosophy of action has grown in recent years, there has been little work explicitly dealing with the role of time in agency—a role with great significance for the study of action theory. As the articles in this collection demonstrate, virtually every fundamental issue in th..

This book, originally published in 1961, set out to justify, and to some extent carry out, a ‘material value-ethic’, ie. A systematic setting forth of the ends of rational action...

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Philosophers since Descartes have felt themselves compelled to make a choice between mind and body. Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mind, first published in 1986, argues that there is no genuine epistemological problem of mind. He shows that knowledge of mind is gained through a large complex of inters..

Philosophers since Descartes have felt themselves compelled to make a choice between mind and body. Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mind, first published in 1986, argues that there is no genuine epistemological problem of mind. He shows that knowledge of mind is gained through a large complex of inters..