Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation (Representation and Mind)

Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation (Representation and Mind) by Kim, Jaegwon. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780262611534.

This book, based on Jaegwon Kims 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosophers current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind—in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. This book, based on Jaegwon Kims 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosophers current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind—in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.