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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Heil |
| ISBN: | 0415283558 9780415283557 0415283566 9780415283564 |
| OCLC Number: | 53315155 |
| Description: | xiv, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Cartesian dualism -- Descartes's legacy -- Non-Cartesian dualism -- Behaviorism -- The identity theory -- Functionalism -- The representational theory of mind -- Qualia -- Radical interpretation -- The intentional stance -- Eliminativism -- Property dualism -- Mind and metaphysics -- The mind's place in nature. |
| Series Title: | Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy. |
| Responsibility: | John Heil. |
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'I enjoyed reading this book immensely and think very hightly indeed of it both as a student text and as a serious work of philosophy. It is well-organized, well-informed, up-to-date, comprehensive in scope, and written in an extremely clear and accessible style.' - E. J. Lowe, Durham University, on the 1st edition 'It is pitched at the right level for undergraduates... The book reads as the work of a very good philosopher who wants to introduce students to the topic.' - Times Higher Education Supplement, on the 1st edition 'Contains some of the clearest and most penetrating discussions I have ever read of functionalism and of the interpretative accounts of Davidson and Dennett. This fact alone makes the book an appealing candidate for upper-level undergraduate courses.' - Philosophical Quarterley, on the 1st edition Read more...
