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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... matter and spirit neither have a mechanism nor admit of mathematical expression . The reason lies in the impalpable ... matter - spirit interaction is im- possible . These theoretical considerations are not absolutely compelling . They ...
... Matter - spirit connections , if they occur at all , are quite unlike any others . And unless panpsy- chism is true , they occur only in tiny fragments of the universe . These anomalies must be conceded . But as we pointed out in ...
... matter , yet its es- tablishment depends upon the existence , in unorgan- ized matter , not of shaped fields but of other proper- ties which in a suitable arrangement cooperate to form a shaped magnetic field . Although only complexes ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
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