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Body and Mind: Second Edition

By Keith Campbell

Book information

Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Year
1984
ISBN
0268006725, 9780268006723
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9127392 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
178\178
Time added
2023-12-30 17:40:43

Description

Widely 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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