Mind in Action

Mind in Action challenges the dominant view in contemporary philosophy that human action is driven by thoughts and desires much as a machine is made to function by the operation of physical causes. Bede Rundle rejects the materialist view of mind and the causal theory of action; his alternative approach elucidates such key concepts as thought, belief, desire, intention, and freedom to give a fresh view of human behavior.

Bede Rundle is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford.

Preface

vii

1 Mental Antecedents of Action

1

(24)

1 Desire, Thought, and Action

2

(12)

2 Ability and the Mental

14

(5)

3 Sensation and Causation

19

(6)

2 Mind and Brain

25

(40)

1 Mind and Mental

25

(5)

2 Expression

30

(10)

3 Formulating Physicalism

40

(5)

4 The Scope of Physicalism

45

(8)

5 Objects of Belief

53

(12)

3 Mind, Animals, and Behaviour

65

(32)

1 Animal Action and Desire

65

(8)

2 Thought and Belief

73

(7)

3 Animal Thought

80

(10)

4 Animal Sensation

90

(7)

4 Reasoning and Language

97

(28)

1 Animal Reasoning

97

(10)

2 Language and Concepts

107

(7)

3 Language and Communication

114

(7)

4 Animal Minds

121

(4)

5 Intention and Desire

125

(28)

1 Shall and Will

126

(6)

2 Intending

132

(4)

3 Wanting

136

(9)

4 Intention and Reference

145

(8)

6 Action

153

(34)

1 Marks of Action

154

(7)

2 Characterizing Action

161

(7)

3 Action and Purpose

168

(6)

4 Action and Causation

174

(6)

5 The Skinner Scheme

180

(7)

7 Reasoning, Deciding, and Intending

187

(38)

1 Practical Reasoning

187

(10)

2 Deciding and Intending

197

(9)

3 Mental Causes

206

(5)

4 Thought and Action

211

(14)

8 Reasons and Consciousness

225

(34)

1 Reasons and Incorrigibility

225

(10)

2 Unconscious Thought

235

(11)

3 Unconscious Desire and Intention

246

(8)

4 Reasons and Causes

254

(5)

9 Freedom

259

(34)

1 Freedom as Doing as one Pleases

259

(6)

2 Freedom as Being Able to Do Otherwise

265

(4)

3 Ability and Possibility

269

(13)

4 Determinism and Responsibility

282

(11)

References

293

(6)

Index

299

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