本书原定价145.95美元,净重900克,馆藏。【图书分类:哲学、宗教 > 哲学理论 > 辩证唯物主义 > 意识论】Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases theleading contributors to the field, debating the major questions inphilosophy of mind today.
Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issuesin the philosophy of mind Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essaystake opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background tothe issues explored Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of themental, nature of the mental content, and the nature ofconsciousness
Contents: Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction Jonathan Cohen xii
PART I MENTAL CONTENT 1
Is There a Viable Notion of Narrow Mental Content? 3
1 Cognitive Content and Propositional Attitude Attributions Gabriel Segal 5
2 There Is No Viable Notion of Narrow Content Sarah Sawyer 20
Is Externalism about Mental Content Compatible with Privileged Access? 35
3 Externalism and Privileged Access Are Consistent Anthony Brueckner 37
4 Externalism and Privileged Access Are Inconsistent Michael McKinsey 53
Is the Intentional Essentially Normative? 67
5 Resisting Normativism in Psychology Georges Rey 69
6 Normativism Defended Ralph Wedgwood 85
Is There Non-Conceptual Content? 103
7 The Revenge of the Given Jerry Fodor 105
8 Are There Different Kinds of Content? Richard G. Heck Jr 117
PART II PHYSICALISM 139
Is Non-Reductive Materialism Viable? 141
9 Everybody Has Got It: A Defense of Non-Reductive Materialism Louise Antony 143
10 The Evolving Fortunes of Eliminative Materialism Paul M. Churchland 160
Should Physicalists Be A Priori Physicalists? 183
11 A Priori Physicalism Frank Jackson 185
12 On the Limits of A Priori Physicalism Brian P. McLaughlin 200
Is There an Unresolved Problem of Mental Causation? 225
13 Causation and Mental Causation Jaegwon Kim 227
14 Mental Causation, or Something Near Enough Barry Loewer 243
PART III THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN NATURE 265
Is Consciousness Ontologically Emergent from the Physical? 267
15 Dualist Emergentism Martine Nida-Rümelin 269
16 Against Ontologically Emergent Consciousness David Braddon-Mitchell 287
Are Phenomenal Characters and Intentional Contents of Experiences Identical? 301
17 New Troubles for the Qualia Freak Michael Tye 303
18 A Case for Qualia Sydney Shoemaker 319
Is Awareness of Our Mental Acts a Kind of Perceptual Consciousness? 333
19 All Consciousness Is Perceptual Jesse Prinz 335
20 Mental Action and Self-Awareness (I) Christopher Peacocke 358
Index 377
Review: "The volume succeeds in crystallizing many of the contentiousissues in the field, whilst developing the conceptual landscape andidentifying new issues. This is a compelling publication that isthoughtfully constructed and is essential reading for anyone withan interest in the contemporary debates in philosophy of mind."(Philosophical Psychology, 14 December 2011)
"This book gives the reader a vivid sense of the philosophy ofmind as a living activity. The chapters of this book provide anexcellent introduction to ongoing debates about consciousness,intentionality, and physicalism. At the same time, many of thechapters make important contributions to the subject in their ownright." David Chalmers, Australian National University
Book Description: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today. 10 pairs of specially written essays present substantially opposed perspectives on topics including narrow content, externalism and privileged access, normativity, mental causation, consciousness, qualia and emergentism. Taken together, the essays provide an engaging and dynamic presentation of the contemporary contours of philosophy of mind, ideal for undergraduate and graduate course use.
From the Back Cover: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases theleading contributors to the field, debating the major questions inphilosophy of mind today. Ten pairs of specially written essayspresent substantially opposed perspectives on topics includingnarrow content, externalism and privileged access, normativity,mental causation, consciousness, qualia and emergentism.
Taken together, the essays provide an engaging and dynamicpresentation of the contemporary contours of philosophy of mind,ideal for undergraduate and graduate course use.
About the Author: Brian P. McLaughlin is Professor and Chair in the philosophydepartment at Rutgers University. He has published widely inphilosophy of mind and cognitive science, and is the co-editor ofthe classic collection on the philosophy of Donald Davidson,Actions and Events: Perspectives on the Philosophy of DonaldDavidson (Blackwell, 1988), editor of Dretske and HisCritics (Blackwell, 1991) and the forthcoming OxfordHandbook of Philosophy of Mind.
Jonathan Cohen is Associate Professor of Philosophy atthe University of California, San Diego. He is the the author ofnumerous papers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology,philosophy of language, metaphysics, and perception. Much of hisrecent work has focused on the metaphysics of color properties.
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