The Mind-body Problem
An Opinionated Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 9. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-8133-9057-4 (ISBN)
Description
The relation of mind to body has been argued about by philosophers for centuries. The Mind-Body Problem: An Opinionated Introduction presents the problem as a debate between materialists about the mind and their opponents. After examining the views of Descartes, Hume, and Thomas Huxley the debate is traced through the twentieth century to present day. The emphasis is always on the arguments used and the way one position develops from another. By the end of the book the reader is afforded both a grasp of the state of the controversy and how we got there.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-9057-4 (9780813390574)
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Person
D. M. Armstrong is emeritus professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Sydney.
Content
Preface -- Introduction -- Descartes' Dualism -- Hume's Bundle Dualism -- T. H. Huxley's Epiphenomenalism -- Ryle's Rejection of Two Realms -- The Identity Theory -- The Causal Theory-Armstrong and Lewis -- The Eliminativist Theory -- Functionalism -- Consciousness -- The Sensible Qualities -- Intentionality -- Appendix "On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and its History" by Thomas Huxley [1874]