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9780197261422

Objectivity, Simulation and the Unity of Consciousness Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mind

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    9780197261422

  • ISBN10:

    0197261426

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-12-08
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

What is it to be capable of thoughts about an objective world? What is involved in the unity of consciousness? How is the ability to attribute attitudes to other persons to be understood? The three symposia in this volume develop new approaches to these central questions in the philosophy of mind. The contributors include leading philosophers of the middle and younger generation working in Britain. All the issues discussed have an interdisciplinary dimension, and each symposium contains a contrbution from a noted psychologist working in the same field. The volume will be of interest not only to philosophers of mind, but also to those concerned with metaphysics, epistemology, developmental pscychology, animal psychology, and the nature of consciousness.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Preface
The Issues and their Further Development
Objects and Objectivityp. 3
Thoughts about Objects, Places and Timesp. 21
Cognitive Maps, Time and Causalityp. 35
Unity and Objectivityp. 49
What is Relevant to the Unity of Consciousness?p. 79
Issues of Unity and Objectivityp. 89
The Mental Simulation Debatep. 99
Simulation vs. Theory Theory: What is at Issue?p. 129
The Necessity and Impossibility of Simulationp. 145
Bibliographyp. 155
Name Indexp. 161
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