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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... theory leaves out , to put it briefly , what waking life is like to him who is living it . ( v ) The Causal Theory of Mind Amended The criticism leveled above at the Causal Theory of mind can be expressed in this way : The peculiarly ...
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Keith Campbell. Kim , Jaegwon , " On the Psycho - Physical Identity Theory , " APQ 3 ( 1966 ) 277–285 . " Phenomenal Properties , Psychological Laws , and the Identity Theory , " Monist 56 ( 1972 ) 177-192 . Kitcher , P. , " Phenomenal ...
Contents
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
DUALISMS | 41 |
THE BEHAVIORIST SOLUTION | 59 |
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