The World, the Flesh and the Subject Continental Themes in Philosophy of Mind and Body

by Gilbert, Paul; Lennon, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780748614998
• ISBN10: 0748614990
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-13
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

This work brings contemporary continental thought into conversation with analytic philosophy on the principal topics of philosophy of mind.The authors consider three themes -- the world, the flesh, and the subject -- to resolve the puzzles that beset contemporary philosophy of mind. They provide a coherent approach, which draws upon phenomenology, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralism. Their work also relates recent feminist work on the body to traditional concerns with the mind. Other topics discussed include the problem of consciousness, perception and sensation, imagination, desire, emotion, reason, and agency, and the self and others.

Author Biography

Paul Gilbert is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull Kathleen Lennon is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Hull University

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(3)
The Character of Experience	4	(23)
The Constraints of Experience	27	(19)
Imagination and the Imaginary	46	(20)
Desire	66	(24)
Emotions	90	(22)
Reason, Agency and Understanding	112	(28)
Ourselves and Others	140	(18)
Index	158