The Epiphenomenal Mind
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Author |
: William S. Robinson |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 334 |
Release |
: 2018-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429787706 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429787707 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Epiphenomenal Mind by : William S. Robinson
According to epiphenomenalism, our behavior is caused by events in our brains that also cause our mentality. This resulting mentality reflects our brains’ organization, but does not in turn cause anything. This book defends an epiphenomenalist account of philosophy of mind. It builds on the author’s previous work by moving beyond a discussion of sensations to apply an epiphenomenalist outlook to other aspects of mental causation such as beliefs, desires, pleasure, and displeasure. The first four chapters of the book argue for a dualistic theory of sensations and develop an epiphenomenalist version of dualism. The remaining chapters discuss propositional attitudes and valence. The author also responds to potential objections to epiphenomenalism by considering how sensations, intelligence, or understanding might be built into a robot. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in philosophy of mind who are interested in consciousness, mental causation, and how our mentality is situated in the world.
Author |
: Simon Buttars |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:59185547 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Epiphenomenal Mind by : Simon Buttars
Author |
: Jaegwon Kim |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 1993-11-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521439965 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521439961 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Supervenience and Mind by : Jaegwon Kim
This collection of essays presents the core of the work of influential philosopher Jaegwon Kim.
Author |
: E. J. Lowe |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2008-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191550904 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191550906 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Personal Agency by : E. J. Lowe
Personal Agency consists of two parts. In Part II, a radically libertarian theory of action is defended which combines aspects of agent causalism and volitionism. This theory accords to volitions the status of basic mental actions, maintaining that these are spontaneous exercises of the will—a 'two-way' power which rational agents can freely exercise in the light of reason. Lowe contends that substances, not events, are the causal source of all change in the world—with rational, free agents like ourselves having a special place in the causal order as unmoved movers, or initiators of new causal chains. And he defends a thoroughgoing externalism regarding reasons for action, holding these to be mind-independent worldly entities rather than the beliefs and desires of agents. Part I prepares the ground for this theory by undermining the threat presented to it by physicalism. It does this by challenging the causal closure argument for physicalism in all of its forms and by showing that a dualistic philosophy of mind—one which holds that human mental states and their subjects cannot be identified with bodily states and human bodies respectively—is both metaphysically coherent and entirely consistent with known empirical facts.
Author |
: Sam Coleman |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2019-09-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107141995 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107141990 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Knowledge Argument by : Sam Coleman
A cutting-edge and groundbreaking set of new essays by top philosophers on key topics related to the ever-influential knowledge argument.
Author |
: William Jaworski |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198749561 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198749562 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Structure and the Metaphysics of Mind by : William Jaworski
Structure and the Metaphysics of Mind is the first book to show how hylomorphism can be used to solve mind-body problems--persistent problems understanding how thought, feeling, perception, and other mental phenomena fit into the physical world described by our best science. Hylomorphism claims that structure is a basic ontological and explanatory principle. Some individuals, paradigmatically living things, consist of materials that are structured or organized in various ways. Those structures are responsible for individuals being the kinds of things they are, and having the kinds of powers or capacities they have. From a hylomorphic perspective, mind-body problems are byproducts of a worldview that rejects structure. Hylomorphic structure carves out distinctive individuals from the otherwise undifferentiated sea of matter and energy described by our best physics, and it confers on those individuals distinctive powers, including the powers to think, feel, and perceive. A worldview that rejects hylomorphic structure lacks a basic principle which distinguishes the parts of the physical universe that can think, feel, and perceive from those that can't, and without such a principle, the existence of those powers in the physical world can start to look inexplicable and mysterious. But if mental phenomena are structural phenomena, as hylomorphism claims, then they are uncontroversially part of the physical world, for on the hylomorphic view, structure is uncontroversially part of the physical world. Hylomorphism thus provides an elegant way of solving mind-body problems.
Author |
: Howard Robinson |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2016-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107087262 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107087260 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis From the Knowledge Argument to Mental Substance by : Howard Robinson
This book offers a comprehensive defense of the knowledge argument, arguing that materialism cannot accommodate or explain consciousness and offering an original defense of conceptualism for the non-basic. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students of philosophy of mind, studying consciousness, dualism and the mind-body problem.
Author |
: Andy Clark |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2013-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199876877 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199876878 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Decomposing the Will by : Andy Clark
There is growing evidence from the science of human behavior that our everyday, folk understanding of ourselves as conscious, rational, responsible agents may be radically mistaken. The science, some argue, recommends a view of conscious agency as merely epiphenomenal: an impotent accompaniment to the whirring unconscious machinery (the inner zombie) that prepares, decides and causes our behavior. The new essays in this volume display and explore this radical claim, revisiting the folk concept of the responsible agent after abandoning the image of a central executive, and "decomposing" the notion of the conscious will into multiple interlocking aspects and functions. Part 1 of this volume provides an overview of the scientific research that has been taken to support "the zombie challenge." In part 2, contributors explore the phenomenology of agency and what it is like to be the author of one's own actions. Part 3 then explores different strategies for using the science and phenomenology of human agency to respond to the zombie challenge. Questions explored include: what distinguishes automatic behavior and voluntary action? What, if anything, does consciousness contribute to the voluntary control of behavior? What does the science of human behavior really tell us about the nature of self-control?
Author |
: Brian McLaughlin |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press (UK) |
Total Pages |
: 833 |
Release |
: 2009-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199262618 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199262616 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind by : Brian McLaughlin
This is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the state of the art in philosophy of mind, a flourishing area of research. An outstanding team of contributors offer 45 new critical surveys of a wide range of topics.
Author |
: Jonny Thomson |
Publisher |
: Wildfire |
Total Pages |
: 533 |
Release |
: 2021-08-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472282187 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472282183 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mini Philosophy by : Jonny Thomson
'Engaging, smart and wise, Mini-Philosophy is a diverse taster menu of ideas on life, the mind and the world. Nutritious, bite-sized portions of philosophy that whet the appetite for more' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks Why do people enjoy watching scary movies? Should we bet on the existence of God? Why is pleasure better than pain? And when is a duck not a duck? Mini Philosophy is a fascinating journey into what some of the greatest minds of the last 2500 years have to say about the big questions in life, and why they are relevant to us today. Covering everything from Sun Tzu's strategy for winning at board games to Freud's insights into our 'death drive'; why De Beauvoir believed the mothering instinct is a myth to why Schopenhauer probably wasn't much fun at parties, these mini meditations will expand your mind (and bend it too).