The book is intended as a reader-friendly introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind, including mental–physical causal interaction, computational models of thought, the relation minds bear to brains, and assorted -isms: behaviorism, dualism, eliminativism, emergentism, functionalism, materialism, neutral monism, and panpsychism. The Fourth Edition reintroduces a chapter on Donald Davidson and a discussion of ‘Non-Cartesian Dualism’, along with a wholly new chapter on emergence and panpsychism. A concluding chapter draws together material in earlier chapters and offers what the author regards as a plausible account of the mind’s place in nature. Suggested readings at the conclusion of each chapter have been updated, with a focus on accessible, non-technical material.
Key Features of the Fourth Edition
- Includes a new chapter, “Emergence and Panpsychism“ (Chapter 13), reflecting growing interest in these areas
- Reintroduces and updates a chapter on Donald Davidson, “Radical Interpretation“ (Chapter 8), which was excised from the previous edition
- Updates “Descartes“ Legacy“ (Chapter 3) to include a discussion of E. J. Lowe“s arresting “Non-Cartesian Dualism“, also removed from the previous edition
- Includes a highly revised final chapter, which draws together much of the previous material and sketches a plausible account of the mind’s place in nature
- Updated “Suggested Reading“ lists at the end of each chapter
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