Persons and Their Minds
Subtitle: A Philosophical Investigation
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: January 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780813391281
Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Philosophy; Mind & Body; Philosophy / Mind & Body; Knowledge, Theory of; Thought and thinking
Description: Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as "know," "think," and "believe." Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.