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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... mechanisms , the mode of operation , whereby the cause - event issues in the effect - event . It is not enough to ... mechanism " of the causal connection . Connections which are not fundamental thus do not fit the Pure Regularity Theory ...
... mechanism , or are fundamental and admit of mathematical expression . But the links between matter and spirit neither have a mechanism nor admit of mathematical expression . The reason lies in the impalpable character of spirit . We ...
... mechanisms at work in it , and how they proceed . So mind descriptions and brain descriptions differ in what they set out to do , and the mental or brain character- istics described differ accordingly . Mental characteristics are causal ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
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