Ontological materialism, in its various forms, has become the orthodox view in contemporary philosophy of mind. This book provides a variety of defenses of mind-body dualism, and shows (explicitly or implicitly) that a thoroughgoing ontological materialism cannot be sustained.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2013-12-24
Language: English
Number of Pages: 300
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..