03696oam 2200649I 450 991078306370332120230213211307.01-134-94923-50-585-46197-X1-280-10515-197866101051510-203-00573-210.4324/9780203005736 (CKB)1000000000004174(EBL)165157(OCoLC)264467856(SSID)ssj0000182313(PQKBManifestationID)11179729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182313(PQKBWorkID)10167019(PQKB)10456174(MiAaPQ)EBC165157(OCoLC)607932856(EXLCZ)99100000000000417420180331d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntroducing persons theories and arguments in the philosophy of mind /Peter CarruthersLondon :Croom Helm,1986.1 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-14727-3 0-415-04512-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 254) and index.Cover; INTRODUCING PERSONS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Myself and Others; 1. The Problem of Other Minds; i. The Problem; ii. Attempted Solutions to the Problem; iii. The Uniqueness of Consciousness; iv. Certainty and Meaning; Questions and Readings; Part Two: Immaterial Persons; 2. Dualism: Body and Soul; i. An Argument for Dualism; ii. Hume'n Bundles; iii. Against the Bundle Theory; iv. Difficulties with Dualism; Questions and Readings; 3. Identity and the Soul; i. The Concept of Identity; ii. Soul Identity; iii. Soul Identificationiv. The Argument for Dualism ReconsideredQuestions and Readings; Part Three: States of Mind; 4. Mind and Behaviour; i. Philosophical Behaviourism; ii. From Behaviourism to Functionalism; iii. First-personal Problems; iv. Errors in Mind; Questions and Readings; 5. Mind and Brain; i. Mind/Brain Identity; ii. Preliminary Difficulties; iii. Further Difficulties; iv. Necessary Identities; Questions and Readings; 6. Privacy and Meaning; i. Private Language; ii. Against Private Language; iii. A Cartesian Counter-attack; iv. Meaning and the Mind: Function and Feeling; Questions and ReadingsPart Four: Material Persons7. After-life for Materialists; i. Resurrection; ii. Reincarnation; iii. Double Difficulties; iv. Survival without Identity; Questions and Readings; 8. Boundaries of Persons; i. Limits of the Individual; ii. Limits of the Class: Humans that are not Persons; iii. Limits of the Class: Animal Persons; iv. Limits of the Class: Artificial Persons; Questions and Readings; Retrospect; Bibliography of Collected Papers; Glossary; IndexStimulating introduction to the most central and interesting issues in the philosophy of mind. Topics covered include dualism versus the various forms of materialism, personal identity and survival, and the problem of other minds.Philosophical anthropologyPhilosophy of mindPhilosophy--IntroductionsPhilosophical anthropology.Philosophy of mind.Philosophy--Introductions.128128 20Carruthers Peter1952,1532034AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910783063703321Introducing persons3778046UNINA