Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind

<p>Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions. There currently exist annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures philosophy of mind’s recent dynamic exchanges for a student audience. By bringing compiling ten newly commissioned pieces in which leading philosophers square off on five central, related debates currently engaging the field, editor Uriah Kriegel has provided such a publication.The five debates include: </p><ul> <li>Mind and Body: The Prospects for Russellian Monism</li> <li>Mind in Body: The Scope and Nature of Embodied Cognition</li> <li>Consciousness: Representationalism and the Phenomenology of Moods</li> <li>Mental Representation: The Project of Naturalization</li> <li>The Nature of Mind: The Importance of Consciousness.</li> </ul><p>Preliminary descriptions of each chapter, annotated bibliographies for each controversy, and a supplemental guide to further controversies in philosophy of mind (with bibliographies) help provide clearer and richer views of active controversies for all readers.</p> <p><strong>Introduction </strong>Uriah Kriegel, The Philosophy of Mind: Current and Perennial Controversies <strong>I. Mind and Body: The Prospects for Russellian Monism </strong>1. Daniel Stoljar, "Four Types of Russellian Monism" 2. Derk Pereboom, "Russellian Monism and Absolutely Intrinsic Properties" Suggestions for Further Reading <strong>II. Mind in Body: The Scope and Nature of Embodied Cognition </strong>3<strong>. </strong>Larry Shapiro, "When Is Cognition Embodied?" 4. Alvin Goldman, "The Bodily-Formats Approach to Embodied Cognition" Suggestions for Further Reading <strong>III. Consciousness: Representationalism and the Phenomenology of Moods</strong> 5. Amy Kind, "The Case Against Representationalism about Mood States" 6. Angela Mendelovici, "Pure Intentionalism about Moods and Emotions" Suggestions for Further Reading <strong>IV. Mental Representation: The Project of Naturalization </strong>7.<strong> </strong>Uriah Kriegel, "Two Notions of Mental Representation" 8. Robert Rupert, "The Sufficiency of Objective Representationalism" Suggestions for Further Reading <strong>V. The Nature of Mind: The Importance of Consciousness</strong> 9. Charles Siewert, "Speaking up for Consciousness" 10. Geoffrey Lee, "Materialism and the Epistemic Significance of Consciousness" Suggestions for Further Reading Supplemental Guide to Further Controversies Index</p>