The Mind-Body Problem
Subtitle: An Opinionated Introduction
Series: Focus Series
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: January 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780813390574
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy; Movements - Humanism; Philosophy / Humanism; Metaphysics; Mind and body
First sentence: The mind-body problem is the problem of what the mind is, what the body is, and, especially, what relation they stand in to each other.
Description: "The relation of mind to body has been argued about by philosophers for centuries. The Mind-Body Problem: An Opinionated Introduction presents the problem as a debate between materialists about the mind and their opponents. After examining the views of Descartes, Hume, and Thomas Huxley the debate is traced through the twentieth century to present day. The emphasis is always on the arguments used and the way one position develops from another.

By the end of the book the reader is afforded both a grasp of the state of the controversy and how we got there."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: label: chapter 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: chapter 2
title: Descartes' Dualism
pagenum: 9; label: chapter 3
title: Hume's Bundle Dualism
pagenum: 27; label: chapter 4
title: T. H. Huxley's Epiphenomenalism
pagenum: 41; label: chapter 5
title: Ryle's Rejection of Two Realms
pagenum: 55; label: chapter 6
title: The Identity Theory
pagenum: 67; label: chapter 7
title: The Causal Theory - Armstrong and Lewis
pagenum: 81; label: chapter 8
title: The Eliminativist Theory
pagenum: 91; label: chapter 9
title: Functionalism
pagenum: 101; label: chapter 10
title: Consciousness
pagenum: 111; label: chapter 11
title: The Sensible Qualities
pagenum: 121; label: chapter 12
title: Intentionality
pagenum: 137