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Philosophy of mind : a contemporary introduction

Author: John Heil
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series: Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Covers the major topics typically studied in philosophy of mind and discusses the dualist, behaviorist, functionalist, interpretationist, and eliminativist accounts of the nature of mind, along with a critical assessment of the recent trends in the subject.
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Material Type: Internet resource
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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