| Contemporary Philosophy of Mind Contributor(s): Rey, Georges (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631190694 ISBN-13: 9780631190691 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $152.41 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 128.2 |
| LCCN: 96021571 |
| Series: Contemporary Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.56 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author focuses on the controversial eliminativist and instrumentalist attacks - from philosophers such as of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on our ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, Rey offers an explication and defense of mental realism, and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires. |
