Philosophical Psychopathology [electronic resource] : Philosophy without Thought Experiments /
Young, G.author.
This book uses rare pathologies to inform questions on topics such as consciousness and rationality. Rather than trying to answer these by inventing far-fetched scenario or 'thought experiments', it is better to utilize a rich but under-used clinical resource.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Part I The Role of Consciousness in Intentional Action""; ""2 Philosophical Issue 1: Conscious Inessentialism""; ""3 Blindsight and Other Visuomotor Pathologies""; ""4 Philosophical Issue 2: What Makes an Action Intentional?""; ""5 Anarchic Hand""; ""6 Alien Control""; ""7 Philosophical Issue 2 Revisited: The Conscious Decision to Act and Free Will""; ""Part II Thought, Subjectivity and Rationality""; ""8 Philosophical Issue 3: What Makes a Thought My Thought?""
""9 Thought Insertion""""10 Philosophical Issue 4: What Is It to Be Rational?""; ""11 The Capgras Delusion""; ""12 The Cotard Delusion""; ""Part III Knowledge How and Epistemological Reduction""; ""13 Philosophical Issue 5: Ryleâ€?s Dichotomy and the Intellectualist Challenge""; ""14 Visuomotor Pathologies Revisited""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book uses rare pathologies to inform questions on topics such as consciousness and rationality. Rather than trying to answer these by inventing far-fetched scenario or 'thought experiments', it is better to utilize a rich but under-used clinical resource.
Psychology, Pathological.
Philosophy of mind.
Cognitive psychology.
Psychopathology.
Philosophy of Mind.
Cognitive Psychology.