Title: Mind : a brief introduction /
Authors: Searle, John R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Philosophy; Brain; Thinking; Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; Psychophysiology
Abstract: "John Searle offers here a direct and open discussion of philosophy, one that skewers accepted wisdom even as it offers striking new insights into the nature of consciousness and the mind."--Jacket.
Contents: Why I wrote this book -- A dozen problems in the philosophy of mind -- The turn to materialism -- Arguments against materialism -- Consciousness Part 1: Consciousness and the mind-body problem -- Consciousness Part II: The structure of consciousness and neurobiology -- Intentionality -- Mental causation -- Free will -- The unconscious and the explanation of behavior -- Perception -- The self -- Philosophy and the scientific world-view.