Body and Mind - Couverture souple

Campbell, Keith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0268006733 ISBN 13 : 9780268006730

Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 1984

Synopsis

Widely used in philosophy courses, this succinct study explores the problem of determining the relation between the body and mind. In that philosophy seeks to elucidate man's place and action in nature, Campbell asserts that our assessment of the body-mind problem affects our perspectives on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the natural sciences.

After discussing how the body-mind problem developed, Campbell sets forth four incompatible propositions that serve as the framework for evaluating different philosophical approaches to the problem. Among competing perspectives, he examines dualism, behaviorist theories, the causal theory of mind, and central-state epiphenomenalism. This second edition includes a chapter on functionalism and an expanded bibliography.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Keith Campbell is emeritus professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0268006733
• ISBN 13: 9780268006730
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible