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The place of mind / Brian Cooney

By: Cooney, Brian, 1943-.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, c2000Description: vi, 502 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0534528252.Subject(s): Philosophy of mindDDC classification: 128.2
Contents:
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Preface. - Introduction: The Place of Mind in a Scientific Universe. - Pt. 1. Cartesian Dualism. 1. Human Minds and Animal Machines. - Pt. II. The Ghost in the Machine. 2. Gilbert Ryle, Descartes' Myth. 3. Norman Malcolm, Knowledge of Other Minds. - Pt. III. The Human Brain. 4. Brian Cooney, Brain Events. - Pt. IV. Materialism. A The Identity Thesis. 5. U.T. Place, Is Consciousness a brain Process? 6. J.J.C. Smart, Sensations and Brain Processes. 7. Saul Kripke, The Identy Relation: Selections from Naming and Necessity. B. Eliminative Materialism. 8. Richard Rorty, Mind-Body Identity, Privacy, and Categories. 9. Paul M. Churchland, Eliminative Materialism. C. Functionalism. 10. David M. Armstrong, The Nature of Mind. 11. Jerry A. Fodor, Materialism. D. Supervenience. 12. John Haugeland, Ontological Supervenience. 13. Jaegwom Kim, The Mind-Body Problem: Taking Stock after Forty Years. - Pt. V. Minds and Computers. Introduction. 14. A Harper's Magazine Forum, Our Machines, Ourselves. 15. Richard B. White, Some Basic Concepts of Computability Theory. 16. Hilary Putnam, The Nature of Mental States. 17. Jerry A. Fodor, Methodological Solipsism Considered as a Research Strategy in Cognitive Psychology. 18. John. R. Searle, Do Minds Compute? - Pt. VI. Intentionality. 19. Roderick M. Chisholm, Brentano on Descriptive Psychology and the Intentional. 20. Daniel C. Dennett, International Systems. 21. Fred Dretske, If You Can't Make One, You Don't Know How It Works. - Pt. VII Consiousness and Qualia. 22. Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like to Be a Bat? 23. Keith Campbell, A. Critique of Central-State Materialism. 24. Frank Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia. 25. Patricia Smith Churchland and Paul M. Churchland, Functionalism, Qualia, and Intentionality. 26. Colin McGinn. Can We solve the Mind-Body Problem? 27. David Chalmers, Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness. 28. Brian Loar,
States. - Pt. VIII Selves. 29. John Locke, Of Identity and Diversity. 30. David Hume, Of Personal Identity. 31. Derek Parfit, Selections from Reasons and Persons. 32. Thomas Nagel, Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness. 33. Daniel C. Dennett. Why Everyone Is a Novelist. 34. Sydney Shoemaker, Self and Substance. - Glossary. - Works Cited.
Summary: "From Descartes's early ponderings about the dualism of mind and body to modern ideas about artificial intelligence and the concept of self, this very accessible collection of readings illustrates that philosophy of minds has major implications for our understanding of ourselves and our place in nature. More accessible than any other philosophy of mind anthology in print today, Brian Cooney's The Place of Mind offers helpful inclusions to make the readings understandable." - Back cover.
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Phenomenal

Preface. - Introduction: The Place of Mind in a Scientific Universe. - Pt. 1. Cartesian Dualism. 1. Human Minds and Animal Machines. - Pt. II. The Ghost in the Machine. 2. Gilbert Ryle, Descartes' Myth. 3. Norman Malcolm, Knowledge of Other Minds. - Pt. III. The Human Brain. 4. Brian Cooney, Brain Events. - Pt. IV. Materialism. A The Identity Thesis. 5. U.T. Place, Is Consciousness a brain Process? 6. J.J.C. Smart, Sensations and Brain Processes. 7. Saul Kripke, The Identy Relation: Selections from Naming and Necessity. B. Eliminative Materialism. 8. Richard Rorty, Mind-Body Identity, Privacy, and Categories. 9. Paul M. Churchland, Eliminative Materialism. C. Functionalism. 10. David M. Armstrong, The Nature of Mind. 11. Jerry A. Fodor, Materialism. D. Supervenience. 12. John Haugeland, Ontological Supervenience. 13. Jaegwom Kim, The Mind-Body Problem: Taking Stock after Forty Years. - Pt. V. Minds and Computers. Introduction. 14. A Harper's Magazine Forum, Our Machines, Ourselves. 15. Richard B. White, Some Basic Concepts of Computability Theory. 16. Hilary Putnam, The Nature of Mental States. 17. Jerry A. Fodor, Methodological Solipsism Considered as a Research Strategy in Cognitive Psychology. 18. John. R. Searle, Do Minds Compute? - Pt. VI. Intentionality. 19. Roderick M. Chisholm, Brentano on Descriptive Psychology and the Intentional. 20. Daniel C. Dennett, International Systems. 21. Fred Dretske, If You Can't Make One, You Don't Know How It Works. - Pt. VII Consiousness and Qualia. 22. Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like to Be a Bat? 23. Keith Campbell, A. Critique of Central-State Materialism. 24. Frank Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia. 25. Patricia Smith Churchland and Paul M. Churchland, Functionalism, Qualia, and Intentionality. 26. Colin McGinn. Can We solve the Mind-Body Problem? 27. David Chalmers, Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness. 28. Brian Loar,

States. - Pt. VIII Selves. 29. John Locke, Of Identity and Diversity. 30. David Hume, Of Personal Identity. 31. Derek Parfit, Selections from Reasons and Persons. 32. Thomas Nagel, Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness. 33. Daniel C. Dennett. Why Everyone Is a Novelist. 34. Sydney Shoemaker, Self and Substance. - Glossary. - Works Cited.

"From Descartes's early ponderings about the dualism of mind and body to modern ideas about artificial intelligence and the concept of self, this very accessible collection of readings illustrates that philosophy of minds has major implications for our understanding of ourselves and our place in nature. More accessible than any other philosophy of mind anthology in print today, Brian Cooney's The Place of Mind offers helpful inclusions to make the readings understandable." - Back cover.