Minds and bodies an introduction with readings - Wilkinson, Robert (Routledge, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Dualism 11 -- 3 Monism 47 -- 4 Artificial Intelligence 105 -- 5 Conclusion 131 -- READINGS -- Reading 1 Meditation I 149 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 2 Meditation II 155 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 3 Meditation VI 163 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 4 'The passions of the soul', Part I, Articles 30, 31, 32, 34 177 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 5 'Sensations and brain processes' 181 -- J.J.C. Smart -- Reading 6 'The mind-body problem' 193 -- Sydney Shoemaker -- Reading 7 'Eliminative materialism and the propositional attitudes' 199 -- Paul M. Churchland -- Reading 8 'Is the brain's mind a computer program?' 205 -- John R. Searle -- Reading 9 'Consciousness and objective reality' 217 -- Thomas Nagel
This work is an introduction to the mind-body problem. Written with the beginner in mind, Robert Wilkinson carefully introduces the reader to the fundamental components of the philosophy of mind