Materialism and the Mind-Body Problem

An expanded and updated edition of this classic collection.

Preface to the Second Edition

viii

Introduction

1

(17)

Addendum, 2000

18

(1)

part one CLASSICAL MATERIALISM

19

(34)

Selections

19

(12)

Rene Descartes

from Discourse on the Method of rightly directing one's Reason and of seeking Truth in the Sciences, Part Five

19

(2)

from Letter to the Marquis of Newcastle

21

(2)

from Letter to Henry More

23

(2)

from Mediations on First Philosophy, Sixth Meditation

25

(6)

from Ethics, Parts One, Two and Three

31

(12)

Benedict De Spinoza

Selections

43

(10)

Thomas Hobbes

from Leviathan, Part I, Chapters 1, 2 and 3

43

(4)

from De Corpore, Part IV, Chapter 25

47

(6)

Part two THE IDENTITY THESIS

53

(27)

Mental Events and the Brain

53

(14)

J. J. C. Smart

Mental Events and the Brain

67

(6)

Jerome Shaffer

The Identity of Mind and Body

73

(7)

James W. Cornman

part three THEORETICAL MATERIALISM

80

(48)

On the Psycho-Physical Identity Theory

80

(16)

Jaegwon Kim

Physicalism

96

(15)

Thomas Nagel

Postscript (November 1968)

111

(1)

Thomas Nagel

Asymmetries and Mind-Body Perplexities

112

(16)

Keith Gunderson

part four FUNCTIONALISTIC MATERIALISM

128

(44)

Materialism

128

(22)

Jerry A. Fodor

The Nature of Mental States

150

(12)

Hilary Putnam

An Argument for the Identity Theory, with addenda (October 1969)

162

(10)

David Lewis

part five ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM

172

(60)

Mental Events and the Brain

172

(2)

Paul Feyerabend

Mind-Body Identity, Privacy, and Categories

174

(26)

Richard Rorty

The Challenge of Scientific Materialism

200

(23)

Richard J. Bernstein

In Defense of Eliminative Materialism

223

(9)

Richard Rorty

part six INTENTIONALITY AND QUALIA

232

(56)

Mental Events

232

(17)

Donald Davidson

Epiphenomenal Qualia

249

(11)

Frank Jackson

Reduction, Qualia, and the Direct Introspection of Brain States

260

(19)

Paul M. Churchland

Postscript on Qualia

279

(3)

Frank Jackson

Should a Materialists Believe in Qualia?

282

(6)

David Lewis

Bibliography

288

(11)

Selective Update, 1971-2000 (with Gregg Caruso)

299

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