The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind

by Stich, Stephen P.; Warfield, Ted A.

• ISBN13: 9780631217749
• ISBN10: 0631217746
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Comprising a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume presents an up-to-date survey of the central themes in the philosophy of mind. It leads the reader through a broad range of topics, including Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Dualism, Emotions, Folk Psychology, Free Will, Individualism, Personal Identity and The Mind-Body Problem. Provides a state of the art overview of philosophy of mind. Contains 16 newly-commissioned articles, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars. Each chapter reviews a central issue, examines the current state of the discipline with respect to the topic, and discusses possible futures of the field. Provides a solid foundation for further study.

Author Biography

Stephen P. Stich is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, where his current research interests are in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science. His publications include From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science (1983), The Fragmentation of Reason: Preface to a Pragmatic Theory of Cognitive Evaluation (1990) and Deconstructing the Mind (1996). He has written articles in the area of Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Language, and Epistemology.

Ted A. Warfield is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where his current research interests are in Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, and Metaphysics. His publications include Mental Representation: A Reader (1994; co-edited with Stephen Stich) and Skepticism (co-edited with K. DeRose). He has written articles on Determinism, Moral Responsibility, Human Freedom, and Knowledge.

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Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction	ix
The Mind-Body Problem: An Overview	1	(46)
Kirk Ludwig
The Mind-Body Problem	47	(18)
William G. Lycan
Physicalism	65	(20)
Andrew Melnyk
Dualism	85	(17)
Howard Robinson
Consciousness and its Place in Nature	102	(41)
David J. Chalmers
Thoughts and Their Contents: Naturalized Semantics	143	(29)
Fred Adams
Cognitive Architecture: The Structure of Cognitive Representations	172	(18)
Kenneth Aizawa
Concepts	190	(24)
Eric Margolis
Stephen Laurence
Mental Causation	214	(21)
John Heil
Folk Psychology	235	(21)
Stephen P. Stich
Shaun Nichols
Individualism	256	(32)
Robert A. Wilson
Emotions	288	(21)
Paul E. Griffiths
Artificial Intelligence and the Many Faces of Reason	309	(13)
Andy Clark
Philosophy of Mind and the Neurosciences	322	(30)
John Bickle
Personal Identity	352	(17)
Eric T. Olson
Freedom of the Will	369	(36)
Randolph Clarke
Index	405