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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... described as intentional . A mental state is determined by its intentional ob- ject ; my hope is the hope it is , and not some other , be- cause it has one intentional object and not some other . And these intentional objects need not ...
... described the hurtfulness which distinguishes us from the imitation man , who can perform this kind of in- trospection yet cannot suffer . So once again the hurt- fulness of the burn in general , and its particular burn- ing hurtfulness ...
Keith Campbell. doctrine that no matter can be completely described in physical terms alone . In chapter 2 we said that this alternative extends the field of the mental beyond the area in which there is direct evidence for it , and we ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
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