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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... principle of intellectual method . On this principle matter - spirit interaction must be accorded low rational priority . We must seek ways of avoiding the admission of such an idea to our theories . Empirical Considerations Even if we ...
... principle about how words and sen- tences get their meaning , and what meaning they get , has as consequence a very ... principle awards them , there is something faulty in the principle ? Or should we conclude rather that , because our ...
... principle that unless mental descriptions refer only to the behavioral " expressions " of the mental state described , they can have no meaning at all . It thus restricts the reference of mental expressions to perceptible conditions for ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
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