The engines of the soul
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The engines of the soul
（Cambridge studies in philosophy / general editor, Ernest Sosa）
Cambridge University Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. 180-188
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study is an unusual contribution to the philosophy of mind in that it argues for the sometimes unfashionable view of dualism: that mind and matter are distinct and separate entities as Descartes believed. The author takes as his point of departure the imaginative hypothesis of disembodiment, which establishes the possibility of the mind's being a quite non-material thing. There are clear casual correlations between what is physical and what is mental, and the most serious issue confronting dualism since Descartes has been how such an interaction is possible. Dr Hart sets out to answer this question by showing that the issue is as much about the nature of causation as it is about the natures of mind and matter.
Table of Contents
- 1. The problem
- 2. The knowledge of possibility
- 3. More on imagination and modality
- 4. The senses, part I
- 5. Causation
- 6. Quantity
- 7. Desire
- 8. Belief
- 9. Psychic energy
- 10. The senses, part II
- 11. Propositional attitudes
- 12. Action.
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