Mind in a Physical World : An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation PDF
by Jaegwon Kim
Part of the Representation and Mind series series
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This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind-in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism.
This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind-in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.
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- Pages:156 pages
- Publisher:The MIT Press
- Publication Date:27/01/2000
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:156 pages
- Publisher:The MIT Press
- Publication Date:27/01/2000
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- ISBN:9780262277105