Contemporary Philosophy of Mind A Contentiously Classical Approach
, by Rey, GeorgesNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780631190714 | 0631190716
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/23/1997
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.