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Contemporary Philosophy of Mind Georges Rey (University of Maryland)

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind By Georges Rey (University of Maryland)

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind by Georges Rey (University of Maryland)


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An introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the book focuses on the controversial eliminativist and instrumentalist attacks on the ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, the author offers an explication and defence of mental realism.

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind Summary

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach by Georges Rey (University of Maryland)

This volume is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author focuses on the controversial eliminativist and instrumentalist attacks - from philosophers such as of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on our ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, Rey offers an explication and defense of mental realism, and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires.

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind Reviews

This is an excellent introduction to contemporary issues in the metaphysics of mind, covering all the major twentieth century theories of mind and most of the questions and arguments that have occupied us for the past few decades. It is clearly and engagingly written, full of illuminating examples, wise warnings, and provocative arguments. William G. Lycan, University of North Carolina


By covering a wide range of topics in a lively and entertaining style, Rey has written a book that is ideal for student use. Kenneth Taylor, Stanford University

About Georges Rey (University of Maryland)

Georges Rey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. In addition to publishing numerous articles in the philosophy of mind, he is co-editor (with Barry Loewer) of Meaning and Mind (Blackwell, 1992).

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction.

1. Problems and Preliminaries.

2. The Temptations to Dualism.

3. Eliminativism: Philosophical Issues.

4. Eliminativism: Empirical Issues.

5. Mentalism: Pre-Functionalist Views.

6. Functionalism: Commonalities.

7. Functionalism: Differences.

8. CRTT: Computation (Meeting Descartes' Challenge).

9. CRTT: Representation (Meeting Brentano's Challenge).

Replies to Common Objectives.

Further Capacities (Meeting Levine's Challenge).

Additional information

NPB9780631190691
9780631190691
0631190694
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach by Georges Rey (University of Maryland)
New
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
1996-12-15
384
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