Brainstorming : Views and Interviews on the Mind

by Gallagher, Shaun

• ISBN13: 9781845401474
• ISBN10: 1845401476
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services
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Summary

Shaun Gallagher is a philosopher of mind who has made it his business to study and meet with leading neuroscientists, including Michael Gazzaniga, Marc Jeannerod and Chris Frith. The result is this unique introduction to the study of the mind, with topics ranging over consciousness, emotion, language, movement, free will and moral responsibility. The discussion throughout is illustrated by lengthy extracts from the author's many interviews with his scientist colleagues on the relation between the mind and the brain.

Author Biography

Shaun Gallagher is Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Central Florida and the University of Hertfordshire.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
How to Study the Mind	p. 8
Preliminaries, Prerequisites and Precedents	p. 25
Movement	p. 46
Moving into Action	p. 74
Consciousness	p. 95
Intersubjectivity	p. 123
A Short Robotic Interlude	p. 156
Emotion and Empathy	p. 171
Language, Cognition, and Other Extras	p. 196
Self and Self-consciousness	p. 217
Free Will and Moral Responsibility	p. 240
References	p. 257
Index	p. 271
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