The Science of the Mind second edition

This is a lucid and penetrating introduction to the philosophical assumptions and implications of several major psychological theories. It critically analyzes the theories of such major figures as Descartes William James Freud Skinner Piaget and Kohlberg as well as significant contemporary movements such as cognitive psychology artificial intelligence and sociobiology.. The book makes an original contribution by showing how such traditional philosophical problems as the nature of the mind-body relation knowledge of other minds free-will unity of consciousness personal identity self-knowledge intentionality rationality and reductionism figure within psychology and how psychology contributes to the solution of these philosophical problems.