LEADER 03230nam 22008293u 450 001 9910784077203321 005 20231122004202.0 010 $a0-203-00408-6 010 $a1-280-18224-5 010 $a0-203-27624-8 010 $a1-134-73104-3 010 $a1-134-73105-1 010 $a9786610182244 035 $a(CKB)1000000000254821 035 $a(EBL)165107 035 $a(OCoLC)252707812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000299345 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299345 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241686 035 $a(PQKB)11031334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165107 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000254821 100 $a20130418d2002|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Immaterial Self$b[electronic resource] $eA Defence of the Cartesian Dualist Conception of the Mind 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 1 $aInternational Library of Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-02989-9 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; THE DUALIST DOCTRINE; NIHILISM AND ANALYTICAL BEHAVIOURISM; ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONALISM; THE TYPE-IDENTITY THESIS; TOKEN-IDENTITY AND METAPHYSICAL REDUCTIONISM; TOKEN-IDENTITY AND PSYCHOPHYSICAL CAUSATION; THE MENTAL SUBJECT; PERSONAL IDENTITY, EMBODIMENT, AND FREEDOM; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDualism argues that the mind is more than just the brain. It holds that there exists two very different realms, one mental and the other physical. Both are fundamental and one cannot be reduced to the other - there are minds and there is a physical world. This book examines and defends the most famous dualist account of the mind, the cartesian, which attributes the immaterial contents of the mind to an immaterial self.John Foster's new book exposes the inadequacies of the dominant materialist and reductionist accounts of the mind. In doing so he is in radical conflict with the current phil 410 0$aInternational Library of Philosophy 606 $aDescartes, Rene? 606 $aDualism 606 $aMind and body 606 $aMind and body 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aDualism 606 $aMind and body 606 $aSpeculative Philosophy$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 615 4$aDescartes, Rene?. 615 4$aDualism. 615 4$aMind and body. 615 4$aMind and body. 615 4$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 4$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind 615 0$aDualism 615 0$aMind and body 615 7$aSpeculative Philosophy 615 7$aPhilosophy 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 676 $a128/.2 676 $a147.4 700 $aFoster$b John$0361399 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784077203321 996 $aThe Immaterial Self$93842296 997 $aUNINA