PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

The book is intended as a reader-friendly introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind including mental–physical causal interaction computational models of thought the relation minds bear to brains and assorted -isms: behaviorism dualism eliminativism emergentism functionalism materialism neutral monism and panpsychism. The Fourth Edition reintroduces a chapter on Donald Davidson and a discussion of ‘Non-Cartesian Dualism’ along with a wholly new chapter on emergence and panpsychism. A concluding chapter draws together material in earlier chapters and offers what the author regards as a plausible account of the mind’s place in nature. Suggested readings at the conclusion of each chapter have been updated with a focus on accessible non-technical material.Key Features of the Fourth EditionIncludes a new chapter 'Emergence and Panpsychism' (Chapter 13) reflecting growing interest in these areasReintroduces and updates a chapter on Donald Davidson 'Radical Interpretation' (Chapter 8) which was excised from the previous editionUpdates 'Descartes' Legacy' (Chapter 3) to include a discussion of E. J. Lowe's arresting 'Non-Cartesian Dualism' also removed from the previous editionIncludes a highly revised final chapter which draws together much of the previous material and sketches a plausible account of the mind’s place in natureUpdated 'Suggested Reading' lists at the end of each chapter