LEADER 03696oam 2200649I 450 001 9910783063703321 005 20230213211307.0 010 $a1-134-94923-5 010 $a0-585-46197-X 010 $a1-280-10515-1 010 $a9786610105151 010 $a0-203-00573-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203005736 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004174 035 $a(EBL)165157 035 $a(OCoLC)264467856 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000182313 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182313 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167019 035 $a(PQKB)10456174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165157 035 $a(OCoLC)607932856 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004174 100 $a20180331d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntroducing persons $etheories and arguments in the philosophy of mind /$fPeter Carruthers 210 1$aLondon :$cCroom Helm,$d1986. 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-14727-3 311 $a0-415-04512-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 254) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Identification 327 $aiv. 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 Readings 327 $aPart 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; Index 330 $aStimulating 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. 606 $aPhilosophical anthropology 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aPhilosophy--Introductions 615 4$aPhilosophical anthropology. 615 4$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 4$aPhilosophy--Introductions. 676 $a128 676 $a128 20 700 $aCarruthers$b Peter$f1952,$01532034 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783063703321 996 $aIntroducing persons$93778046 997 $aUNINA