Thoughts Papers on Mind, Meaning, and Modality

by Yablo, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780199266470
• ISBN10: 0199266476
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780191556128
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Thoughts is a collection of twelve essays by Stephen Yablo which together constitute a modern-day examination of Cartesian themes in the metaphysics of mind. Yablo offers penetrating discussions of such topics as the relation between the mental and the physical, mental causation, the possibility of disembodied existence, the relation between conceivability and possibility, varieties of necessity, and issues in the theory of content arising out of the foregoing. The collection represents almost all of Yablo's work on these topics, and features one previously unpublished piece.

Author Biography

Stephen Yablo is Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

The Real Distinction Between Mind and Body

Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility?

Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility?

Textbook Kripkeanism and the Open Texture of Concepts

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

No Fool's Cold: Notes on Illusions of Possibility

Beyond Rigidification: The Importance of Being Really Actual

How in the World?

Mental Causation

Singling Out Properties

Wide Causation

Causal Relevance

Index

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