The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind

ISBN-10:
0199262616
ISBN-13:
9780199262618
Pub. Date:
03/15/2009
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199262616
ISBN-13:
9780199262618
Pub. Date:
03/15/2009
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind

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Overview

The study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neuroscience. Oxford University Press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mind.
An outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mind. The first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousness. The third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionality. The fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion. The fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other minds. The volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agency.

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing field.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199262618
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 03/15/2009
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 832
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Brian McLaughlin is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers

Ansgar Beckermann is Professor of Philosophy at University of Bielefeld, Germany

Sven Walter is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Bielefeld, Germany

Table of Contents

Part I. The Place of Mind in Nature1. Mental Causation, Jaegwon Kim2. The Causal Closure of the Physical and Naturalism, David Papineau3. Dualism, E. J. Lowe4. Epiphenomenalism, Sven Walter5. Anomalous Monism, Julie Yoo6. Non-reductive Materialism, Lynne Rudder Baker7. Functionalism, Robert Van Gulick8. What is Property Physicalism?, Ansgar Beckermann9. What Is the Physical?, Barbara Montero10. Idealism, Howard Robinson11. Panpsychism, William SeagerPart II. The Nature of Consciousness and the Place of Consciousness in Nature12. Subjectivity, John Perry13. Higher-order Theories of Consciousness, David M. Rosenthal14. Representationalist Theories of Consciousness, Michael Tye15. Sensory Qualities, Sensible Qualities, Sensational Qualities, Alex Byrne16. The Explanatory Gap, Joseph Levine17. Phenomenal Concepts, Katalin Balog18. The Two-dimensional Argument Against Materialism, David J. ChalmersPart III. Intentionality and Theories of Mental Content19. Intentional Systems Theory, Daniel Dennett20. Wide Content, Francis Egan21. Narrow Content, Gabriel Segal22. Information-theoretic Semantics, Fred Dretske23. Biosemantics, Ruth Garrett Millikan24. A Measurement-theoretic Account of Propositional Attitudes, Robert J. Matthews25. The Normativity of the Intentional, Ralph Wedgwood26. Concepts and Possession Conditions, Christopher Peacocke27. The Distinction between Conceptual and Nonconceptual Content, Jos Luis Bermúdez28. The Distinction between Intentionalism, Tim Crane29. The Content of Perceptual Experience, Michelle Montague30. Phenomenology, Intentionality, and the Unity of the Mind, George Graham, Terence Horgan and John TiensonPart IV. Self, Unity of Consciousness, and Personal Identity31. The Self, Galen Strawson32. Unity of Consciousness, Paul Raymont and Andrew Brook33. Personal Identity and Metaphysics, Tamar Szabó GendlerPart V: A Variety of Mental Abilities34. Imagination, Colin McGinn35. Thinking, Louise Antony36. Language and Thought, John Heil37. Consciousness and Reference, John Campbell38. Memory, Krista Lawlor39. Emotions: Motivating Feelings, Jesse Prinz40. Intention and Intentional Action, Alfred R. MelePart VI. Epistemic Studies41. Folk Psychology, Adam Morton42. Other Minds, Anita Avramides43. Introspection, Cynthia MacDonald44. Semantic Externalism and Self-knowledge, Jessica Brown45. Self-deception, Kent Bach
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