Body and MindWidely 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. |
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... ( called " scientists " ) the task chiefly of establishing particular truths , and to others ( called " philosophers " ) the role of making from those truths , by critical reflection and review , a coherent world vision . People calling ...
... called essen- tially effectual terms . For example , " sedimentary rock " or " pig iron " can be explained only by reference to how such rock or such iron comes to be produced . The Causal Theory of mind likens most mental descriptions ...
... called Central- State Materialism Plus . If the brain's activities of a physical kind all occur in accordance with physical laws , suffering a burn , tast- ing the sweetness of sugar , or smelling the piquancy of cloves are processes in ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
Copyright | |
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