This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's 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 Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's 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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780262611534
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-262-61153-4
- Verlag: MIT PR
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.01.2000
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Revised
- Serie: Representation and Mind (Paper
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
- Gewicht: 173 g
- Seiten: 156
- Format (B x H x T): 138 x 203 x 12 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt