Elmer Sprague

Persons And Their Minds

A Philosophical Investigation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. It examines functionalism as it is presented in Fodor's early work and investigates various attempts to nullify the concept of person.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780813391281
• ISBN-10: 0813391288
• Artikelnr.: 21533292

Autorenporträt

Elmer Sprague

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Mindism and Personism
Mindism and Personism
Descartes's Concept of Mind
Un
Locke
ing the Mind
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
Wittgenstein and Ryle
Personism and Mindism
Mental Events?
Functionalism
Giving Persons a Hard Time
Consciousness
Envoi