num_pages: 377
description: This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions.This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions. The essays are grouped into four sections: Intentional Explanation and Attributions of Mentality; The Nature of Theory in Psychology; Objects of Consciousness and the Nature of Experience; and Free Will and Personhood.
language: English
title: Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
titlecomplete: Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
genres: Academic, Metaphysics, Essays, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Science, Brain, Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 630
publisher: MIT Press