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Mental Causation and the Metaphysics of Mind

Mental Causation and the Metaphysics of Mind A Reader

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Publisher's Synopsis

Since Descartes's division of the human subject into mental and physical components in the seventeenth century, there has been a great deal of discussion about how-indeed, whether or not-our mental states bring about our physical behavior. Through historical and contemporary readings, this collection explores this lively and important issue.

In four parts, this anthology introduces the problem of mental causation, explores the debate sparked by Donald Davidson's anomalous monism, examines Frank Jackson's knowledge argument for the view that qualia are epiphenomenal, and investigates attempts to employ the controversial concept of supervenience to explain mental causation.

Book information

ISBN: 9781551115092
Publisher: Broadview Press
Imprint: Broadview Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 128.2
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 301
Weight: 480g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 16mm