Physicalism, or something near enough /:

Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately physical. Here, Jaegwon Kim presents the most comprehensive and systematic presentation yet of his influential ideas on the mind-body problem. He seeks to determine,...

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1. Verfasser: Kim, Jaegwon (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Princeton monographs in philosophy.
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Zusammenfassung:Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately physical. Here, Jaegwon Kim presents the most comprehensive and systematic presentation yet of his influential ideas on the mind-body problem. He seeks to determine, after half a century of debate: What kind of (or "how much") physicalism can we lay claim to? He begins by laying out mental causation and consciousness as the two principal challenges to contemporary physicalism. How can minds exercise their causal powers in a physical world? Is a physicalist acco
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.
ISBN:9781400840847
1400840848
0691133859
9780691133850

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