The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind

Comprising a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume presents an up-to-date survey of the central themes in the philosophy of mind. It leads the reader through a broad range of topics, including Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Dualism, Emotions, Folk Psychology, Free Will, Individualism, Personal Identity and The Mind-Body Problem. Provides a state of the art overview of philosophy of mind. Contains 16 newly-commissioned articles, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars. Each chapter reviews a central issue, examines the current state of the discipline with respect to the topic, and discusses possible futures of the field. Provides a solid foundation for further study.

Stephen P. Stich is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, where his current research interests are in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science. His publications include From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science (1983), The Fragmentation of Reason: Preface to a Pragmatic Theory of Cognitive Evaluation (1990) and Deconstructing the Mind (1996). He has written articles in the area of Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Language, and Epistemology.

Ted A. Warfield is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where his current research interests are in Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, and Metaphysics. His publications include Mental Representation: A Reader (1994; co-edited with Stephen Stich) and Skepticism (co-edited with K. DeRose). He has written articles on Determinism, Moral Responsibility, Human Freedom, and Knowledge.

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Contributors

vii

Introduction

ix

The Mind-Body Problem: An Overview

1

(46)

Kirk Ludwig

The Mind-Body Problem

47

(18)

William G. Lycan

Physicalism

65

(20)

Andrew Melnyk

Dualism

85

(17)

Howard Robinson

Consciousness and its Place in Nature

102

(41)

David J. Chalmers

Thoughts and Their Contents: Naturalized Semantics

143

(29)

Fred Adams

Cognitive Architecture: The Structure of Cognitive Representations

172

(18)

Kenneth Aizawa

Concepts

190

(24)

Eric Margolis

Stephen Laurence

Mental Causation

214

(21)

John Heil

Folk Psychology

235

(21)

Stephen P. Stich

Shaun Nichols

Individualism

256

(32)

Robert A. Wilson

Emotions

288

(21)

Paul E. Griffiths

Artificial Intelligence and the Many Faces of Reason

309

(13)

Andy Clark

Philosophy of Mind and the Neurosciences

322

(30)

John Bickle

Personal Identity

352

(17)

Eric T. Olson

Freedom of the Will

369

(36)

Randolph Clarke

Index

405

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