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Author Wilkinson, Robert

Title Minds and Bodies : an Introduction with Readings
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Series Philosophy and the Human Situation
Philosophy and the Human Situation
Contents Cover; Minds and Bodies: An Introduction with Readings; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Dualism; 3. Monism; 4. Artificial Intelligence; 5. Conclusion; Readings; Reading 1. Meditation I; Reading 2. Meditation II; Reading 3. Meditation VI; Reading 4. 'The passions of the soul', Part I, Articles 30, 31, 32, 34; Reading 5. 'Sensations and brain processes'; Reading 6. 'The mind-body problem'; Reading 7. 'Eliminative materialism and the propositional attitudes'; Reading 8. 'Is the brain's mind a computer program?'; Reading 9. 'Consciousness and objective reality'
Revision testAnswers to revision test; Bibliography; Index
Summary Minds and Bodies is a clear introduction to the mind-body problem. It requires no prior philosophical knowledge and is ideally suited to newcomers to philosophy and philosophy of mind. Robert Wilkinson carefully introduces the fundamental components of the philosophy of mind: Descartes's dualist account of mind and body; monist views including eliminativism; computer science and artificial intelligence. Each chapter is linked to a reading from key thinkers in the field, from Descartes to Paul Churchland
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Subject Psychology.
Social Sciences.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135640484
1135640483
0203714660
9780203714669
1283969467
9781283969468