Discover fascinating and illuminating contributions to historical and contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind In the newly revised second edition of This Is Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction, accomplished philosopher Pete Mandik delivers an accessible primer on the core issues animating contemporary and historical discussions in the philosophy of mind. The book is part of the This is Philosophy series that introduces undergraduate students to key concepts and methods in the study of philosophy. This particular edition walks readers through perennial issues like the mind-body problem,…mehr
Discover fascinating and illuminating contributions to historical and contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind In the newly revised second edition of This Is Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction, accomplished philosopher Pete Mandik delivers an accessible primer on the core issues animating contemporary and historical discussions in the philosophy of mind. The book is part of the This is Philosophy series that introduces undergraduate students to key concepts and methods in the study of philosophy. This particular edition walks readers through perennial issues like the mind-body problem, artificial intelligence, free will, and the nature of consciousness. This is Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction also provides complimentary access to valuable supplemental online resources.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
PETE MANDIK is a Full Professor in the Department of Philosophy at William Paterson University of New Jersey. He is the author of Key Terms in Philosophy of Mind and Physicalist Theories of Consciousness, the co-author of Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Mind and Brain, and the co-editor of Philosophy and the Neurosciences: A Reader. He writes and illustrates the comic Mind Chunks, which appears monthly at DailyNous.com.
Inhaltsangabe
How to Use This Book xv
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Companion Website xix
1 Meet Your Mind 1
Aspects of Mind 1 Thought and experience 1 Conscious and unconscious 2 Qualia 3 Sensory perception 3 Emotion 4 Imagery 4 Will and action 5 Self 5 Propositional attitudes 5
Philosophical Problems 6 Mind-body problem 6 Other problems 9
Conclusion 14
Annotated Bibliography 14
2 Substance Dualism 15
Arguments for Substance Dualism 15 Leibniz's law arguments 16 Criticism of Leibniz's law arguments: Intensional fallacy 19 Explanatory gap arguments 20 Criticisms of explanatory gap arguments 21 Modal arguments 22
Mind-Body Interaction as a Problem for Substance Dualism 24 Princess Elisabeth's objection 25 The dualistic alternatives to Cartesian interactionism 26
Conclusion 27
Annotated Bibliography 28
3 Property Dualism 29
Introducing Property Dualism: Qualia and the Brain 29
The Inverted Spectrum 30
Attack of the Zombies 32
The Knowledge Argument 34
The Explanatory Gap Argument 37
Does Property Dualism Lead to Epiphenomenalism? 39
How Do You Know You're Not a Zombie? 40
Conclusion 42
Annotated Bibliography 42
4 Idealism, Solipsism, and Panpsychism 44
Solipsism: Is It Just Me? 45
Idealism: It's All in the Mind 49 Berkeley's argument from pain 50 Berkeley's argument from perceptual relativity: Berkeley's bucket 51 Berkeley's "Nothing but an idea can resemble an idea" 51 Berkeley's master argument 52 Why Berkeley is not a solipsist 52 Arguing against idealism 53
Panpsychism: Mind Is Everywhere 53 The analogy argument 54 The nothing from nothing argument 55 The evolutionary argument 56 Arguing against panpsychism: The combination problem 57
Conclusion 58
Annotated Bibliography 58
5 Behaviorism and Other Minds 59
Behaviorism: Introduction and Overview 59
The History of Behaviorism 61 Ludwig Wittgenstein and the private language argument 62 Gilbert Ryle versus the ghost in the machine 64
Objections to Behaviorism 65 The qualia objection 65 Sellars's objection 66 The Geach-Chisholm objection 67
The Philosophical Problem of Other Minds 68 The rise and fall of the argument from analogy 69 Denying the asymmetry between self- knowledge and knowledge of other minds 70
Conclusion 71
Annotated Bibliography 72
6 Mind as Brain 74
Introducing Mind-Brain Identity Theory 74
Advantages of Mind-Brain Identity Theory 75
A Very Brief Overview of Neuroscience 76 Major parts and functions of the nervous system 77 Major parts and functions of the brain 77 Neurons, neural activations, and brain states 78 Lesions, imaging, and electrophysiology 78 Localism and holism 78 Learning and synaptic plasticity 79 Computational neuroscience and connectionism 79 Neural correlates of consciousness 80 On pain and c- fibers 80
Some General Remarks about Identity 81
Arguments against Mind-Brain Identity Theory 83 The zombie argument 83 The multiple realizability argument 84 Max Black's "distinct property" argument 86
Conclusion 87 Annotated Bibliography 88
7 Thinking Machines 89
Can a Machine Think? 89
Alan Turing, Turing Machines, and the Turing Test 90 Alan Turing 91 Turing machines 91 The Turing test 92
Aspects of Mind 1 Thought and experience 1 Conscious and unconscious 2 Qualia 3 Sensory perception 3 Emotion 4 Imagery 4 Will and action 5 Self 5 Propositional attitudes 5
Philosophical Problems 6 Mind-body problem 6 Other problems 9
Conclusion 14
Annotated Bibliography 14
2 Substance Dualism 15
Arguments for Substance Dualism 15 Leibniz's law arguments 16 Criticism of Leibniz's law arguments: Intensional fallacy 19 Explanatory gap arguments 20 Criticisms of explanatory gap arguments 21 Modal arguments 22
Mind-Body Interaction as a Problem for Substance Dualism 24 Princess Elisabeth's objection 25 The dualistic alternatives to Cartesian interactionism 26
Conclusion 27
Annotated Bibliography 28
3 Property Dualism 29
Introducing Property Dualism: Qualia and the Brain 29
The Inverted Spectrum 30
Attack of the Zombies 32
The Knowledge Argument 34
The Explanatory Gap Argument 37
Does Property Dualism Lead to Epiphenomenalism? 39
How Do You Know You're Not a Zombie? 40
Conclusion 42
Annotated Bibliography 42
4 Idealism, Solipsism, and Panpsychism 44
Solipsism: Is It Just Me? 45
Idealism: It's All in the Mind 49 Berkeley's argument from pain 50 Berkeley's argument from perceptual relativity: Berkeley's bucket 51 Berkeley's "Nothing but an idea can resemble an idea" 51 Berkeley's master argument 52 Why Berkeley is not a solipsist 52 Arguing against idealism 53
Panpsychism: Mind Is Everywhere 53 The analogy argument 54 The nothing from nothing argument 55 The evolutionary argument 56 Arguing against panpsychism: The combination problem 57
Conclusion 58
Annotated Bibliography 58
5 Behaviorism and Other Minds 59
Behaviorism: Introduction and Overview 59
The History of Behaviorism 61 Ludwig Wittgenstein and the private language argument 62 Gilbert Ryle versus the ghost in the machine 64
Objections to Behaviorism 65 The qualia objection 65 Sellars's objection 66 The Geach-Chisholm objection 67
The Philosophical Problem of Other Minds 68 The rise and fall of the argument from analogy 69 Denying the asymmetry between self- knowledge and knowledge of other minds 70
Conclusion 71
Annotated Bibliography 72
6 Mind as Brain 74
Introducing Mind-Brain Identity Theory 74
Advantages of Mind-Brain Identity Theory 75
A Very Brief Overview of Neuroscience 76 Major parts and functions of the nervous system 77 Major parts and functions of the brain 77 Neurons, neural activations, and brain states 78 Lesions, imaging, and electrophysiology 78 Localism and holism 78 Learning and synaptic plasticity 79 Computational neuroscience and connectionism 79 Neural correlates of consciousness 80 On pain and c- fibers 80
Some General Remarks about Identity 81
Arguments against Mind-Brain Identity Theory 83 The zombie argument 83 The multiple realizability argument 84 Max Black's "distinct property" argument 86
Conclusion 87 Annotated Bibliography 88
7 Thinking Machines 89
Can a Machine Think? 89
Alan Turing, Turing Machines, and the Turing Test 90 Alan Turing 91 Turing machines 91 The Turing test 92
Searle's Chinese Room Argument 93
Responses to the Chinese Room Argument 94
The Silicon Chip Replacement Thought E
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