Minds and bodies : an introduction with readings / / Robert Wilkinson

• Autore: Wilkinson Robert <1948, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 128/.2
• Soggetto topico: Mind and body
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Minds and Bodies: An Introduction with Readings; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Dualism; 3. Monism; 4. Artificial Intelligence; 5. Conclusion; Readings; Reading 1. Meditation I; Reading 2. Meditation II; Reading 3. Meditation VI; Reading 4. 'The passions of the soul', Part I, Articles 30, 31, 32, 34; Reading 5. 'Sensations and brain processes'; Reading 6. 'The mind-body problem'; Reading 7. 'Eliminative materialism and the propositional attitudes'; Reading 8. 'Is the brain's mind a computer program?'; Reading 9. 'Consciousness and objective reality' ; Revision testAnswers to revision test; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Minds and Bodies is a clear introduction to the mind-body problem. It requires no prior philosophical knowledge and is ideally suited to newcomers to philosophy and philosophy of mind. Robert Wilkinson carefully introduces the fundamental components of the philosophy of mind: Descartes's dualist account of mind and body; monist views including eliminativism; computer science and artificial intelligence. Each chapter is linked to a reading from key thinkers in the field, from Descartes to Paul Churchland.
• Titolo autorizzato: Minds and bodies
• ISBN: 1-135-64055-6; 0-203-71466-0; 1-283-96946-7; 1-135-64048-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783052703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophy and the Human Situation