Contemporary Philosophy of Mind

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind
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Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 0631190694
ISBN-13 : 9780631190691
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Book Synopsis Contemporary Philosophy of Mind by : Georges Rey

Download or read book Contemporary Philosophy of Mind written by Georges Rey and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-01-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author focuses on the controversial "eliminativist" and "instrumentalist" attacks - from philosophers such as of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on our ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, Rey offers an explication and defense of "mental realism", and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires.


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