The Mind in Nature
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: December 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780199234103
Subjects: Cognition & cognitive psychology; Metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind; Metaphysics; Philosophy / Mind & Body; Mind & Body; Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; Philosophy of nature; Thought and thinking
Description: "What are the most fundamental features of the world? Do minds stand outside the natural order? Is a unified picture of menial and physical reality possible? In The Mind in Nature, C. B. Martin provides a staunchly realist account of the world as a united system incorporating both the mental and the physical. Martin, an original and influential exponent of 'ontologically serious' metaphysics, echoes Locke's dictum that 'all things that exist are only particulars', arguing that properties are powerful qualities. He also spells out the implications of this view for philosophical conceptions of causation, intentionality, consciousness, and the mind-body problem."--BOOK JACKET.