| Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: 1638-1651 Contributor(s): Rey, Georges (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631190716 ISBN-13: 9780631190714 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $50.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1997 Annotation: The author begins by discussing and rejecting the controversial eliminativist and instrumentalist attacks on our ordinary concept of mind, currently popular in the light of work from philosophers such as Quine, Dennett and the Churchlands. In so doing, he offers an explication and defense of mental realism and demonstrates how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes and desires. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 128.2 |
| LCCN: 96-21571 |
| Series: Contemporary Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.04" W x 9.02" (1.30 lbs) 380 pages |
