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"Exploring what great philosophers have written about the nature of thought and consciousness Philosophy of Mind: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive overview of this fascinating field. Thirteen specially commissioned essays, written by leading experts, introduce and explore the contributio...
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Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Key thinkers
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"Exploring what great philosophers have written about the nature of thought and consciousness Philosophy of Mind: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive overview of this fascinating field. Thirteen specially commissioned essays, written by leading experts, introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein. The modern debate about the mind was shaped by Descartes in the seventeenth century, and then reshaped in the mid-twentieth century, and since, by exciting developments in science and philosophy. This boo "Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to the human mind for more than 2,000 years. Philosophy of Mind: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Twelve specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein. The modern debate about the mind was shaped by Descartes in the seventeenth century, and then reshaped in the mid-twentieth century, and since, by exciting developments in science and philosophy. This book con |
| Carrier Form: | x, 318 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781441195371 (hardcover) : 1441195378 (hardcover) 9781441142764 (pbk.) 1441142762 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | BD418 |
| CLC: | B1 |
| Call Number: | B1/P568-2 |
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Introduction: 90 years of philosophy of mind / Decoding Descartes' 'myth' of mind / Edmund Husserl and phenomenology / Merleau-Ponty: a phenomenological philosophy of mind and body / Gilbert Ryle and logical behaviourism / The contributions of U.T. Place, H. Feigl, and J.J.C. Smart to the identity theory of consciousness / David Lewis, David Armstrong, and the causal theory of the mind / Hilary |