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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... least these three cases the mind is open to influences which cannot affect mat- ter . In consequence , the mind cannot be a purely mate- rial thing . Again , if the changes which consist in gain- ing knowledge of these kinds are not ...
... least an event c followed by another event e . If what is involved is a single causal link and not a whole chain , the events c and e must not be too remote from one another in space ( some say they must be next to each other ) , nor ...
... least some mental conditions cannot be fully de- scribed without mention of bodily action . So there is some kind of logical connection between mental states and what happens in and to the body . Behaviorism takes the extreme view that ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
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