Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)

About this book

Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction is a comprehensive and accessible survey of main themes positions and debates in philosophy of mind. John Heil introduces and discusses the major topics in succinct user-friendly self-contained chapters: Cartesian dualism Descartess legacy non-Cartesian dualism behaviorism the identity theory functionalism the representational theory of mind qualia radical interpretation the intentional stance eliminativism property dualism mind and metaphysics the minds place in nature This revised and updated edition includes expanded chapters on eliminativism qualia and the representational theory of mind and an entirely new chapter on property dualism. There are annotated suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter updated to include recent material and internet resources.