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Introducing persons : theories and arguments in the philosophy of mind / / Peter Carruthers



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Autore: Carruthers Peter <1952, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Introducing persons : theories and arguments in the philosophy of mind / / Peter Carruthers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Croom Helm, , 1986
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina: 128
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Soggetto topico: Philosophical anthropology
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy--Introductions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 254) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Identification
iv. 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
Part 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
Sommario/riassunto: Stimulating 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Introducing persons  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-94923-5
0-585-46197-X
1-280-10515-1
9786610105151
0-203-00573-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783063703321
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