P. M. S. Hacker

Gebundenes Buch

Intellectual Entertainments

Eight Dialogues on Mind, Consciousness and Thought

Beschreibung

â Intellectual Entertainmentsâ consists of eight dialogues on the nature of the mind and consciousness, thought and thinking, perceptual qualities and ownership of pain. Each dialogue has five participants, some living, some dead and some imaginary who represent different points of view. No philosophical knowledge is presupposed.

Autor

P. M. S. Hacker is the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein, on which he has written ten books. He has also written extensively on the philosophy of language. His other area of specialization is philosophy and cognitive neuroscience, on which he has written three books together with the eminent neuroscientist, M. R. Bennett. For Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience in particular, Hacker was appointed to an honorary UCL professorship in the Department of Neurology at University College London. Hacker has published three volumes of a tetralogy on human nature: The Categorial Framework, The Intellectual Powers and The Passions. The final volume will be The Moral Powers (forthcoming, 2020).

Produktdetails

• Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781785271526
• ISBN-10: 1785271520
• Artikelnr.: 57962096