The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Mind (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Garvey, James

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring thirteen specially commissioned chapters on core subjects, The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Mind is an essential tool for all those studying and working in the field, purpose-built for use on courses in this area of philosophy.

Beginning with 'How to Use this Book' the Companion includes overviews of perennial problems and new directions in contemporary philosophy of mind, an extended glossary of terms for quick reference, a detailed chronology, a guide to research for ongoing study and a comprehensive bibliography of key classic and contemporary publications in the philosophy of mind.

From new questions concerning qualia, representation, embodiment and cognition to fresh thinking about the long-standing problems of physicalism, dualism, personal identity and mental causation, this book is an authoritative survey of the latest research from experts in one of the most active areas of philosophical inquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474243919
• Artikelnr.: 42881386

Autorenporträt

James Garvey is Secretary of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, UK. He is the author of The Twenty Greatest Philosophy Books (2006) and The Ethics of Climate Change (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

How to use this book Introduction
James Garvey Notes on contributors 1. Problems
questions and concepts in the philosophy of mind
Ian Ravenscroft 2. Consciousness
Daniel D. Hutto 3. The mark of the mental
Fred Adams and Steve Beighley 4. Substance Dualism
T. J. Mawson 5. Physicalism
Barbara Montero 6. Folk psychology and scientific psychology
Barry C. Smith 7. Internalism and externalism in mind
Sarah Sawyer 8. The philosophies of cognitive science
Margaret A. Boden 9. Representation
Georges Rey 10. Mental causation
Neil Campbell 11. Personal identity
E. J. Lowe 12. Embodied cognition and the extended mind
Michael Wheeler 13. Current issues in the philosophy of mind
Paul Noordhof Glossary Chronology Research resources Bibliography Index