D M Armstrong

The Mind-body Problem

An Opinionated Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, which is historical, dialectical and opinionated, presents the mind-body problem as a debate between materialists about the mind and their opponents. It argues for a certain point of view, in particular for a Materialist solution to the problem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780813390574
• ISBN-10: 0813390575
• Artikelnr.: 21551069

Autorenporträt

D. M. Armstrong is emeritus professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

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]