Contemporary debates in philosophy of mind
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Contemporary debates in philosophy of mind
(Contemporary debates in philosophy, 8)
Blackwell, 2007
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Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today.
Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind
Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates
A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored
Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental, nature of the mental content, and the nature of consciousness
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction
Jonathan Cohen xii
PART I MENTAL CONTENT 1
Is There a Viable Notion of Narrow Mental Content? 3
1 Cognitive Content and Propositional Attitude Attributions
Gabriel Segal 5
2 There Is No Viable Notion of Narrow Content
Sarah Sawyer 20
Is Externalism about Mental Content Compatible with Privileged Access? 35
3 Externalism and Privileged Access Are Consistent
Anthony Brueckner 37
4 Externalism and Privileged Access Are Inconsistent
Michael McKinsey 53
Is the Intentional Essentially Normative? 67
5 Resisting Normativism in Psychology
Georges Rey 69
6 Normativism Defended
Ralph Wedgwood 85
Is There Non-Conceptual Content? 103
7 The Revenge of the Given
Jerry Fodor 105
8 Are There Different Kinds of Content?
Richard G. Heck Jr 117
PART II PHYSICALISM 139
Is Non-Reductive Materialism Viable? 141
9 Everybody Has Got It: A Defense of Non-Reductive Materialism
Louise Antony 143
10 The Evolving Fortunes of Eliminative Materialism
Paul M. Churchland 160
Should Physicalists Be A Priori Physicalists? 183
11 A Priori Physicalism
Frank Jackson 185
12 On the Limits of A Priori Physicalism
Brian P. McLaughlin 200
Is There an Unresolved Problem of Mental Causation? 225
13 Causation and Mental Causation
Jaegwon Kim 227
14 Mental Causation, or Something Near Enough
Barry Loewer 243
PART III THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN NATURE 265
Is Consciousness Ontologically Emergent from the Physical? 267
15 Dualist Emergentism
Martine Nida-Rumelin 269
16 Against Ontologically Emergent Consciousness
David Braddon-Mitchell 287
Are Phenomenal Characters and Intentional Contents of Experiences Identical? 301
17 New Troubles for the Qualia Freak
Michael Tye 303
18 A Case for Qualia
Sydney Shoemaker 319
Is Awareness of Our Mental Acts a Kind of Perceptual Consciousness? 333
19 All Consciousness Is Perceptual
Jesse Prinz 335
20 Mental Action and Self-Awareness (I)
Christopher Peacocke 358
Index 377
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: pbk ISBN 9781405117616
Description
Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today. Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental, nature of the mental content, and the nature of consciousness
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Jonathan Cohen (University of California, San Diego). Part I: Mental Content:. Is There a Viable Notion of Narrow Mental Content?. 1. Cognitive Content and Propositional Attitude Attributions: Gabriel Segal (King's College, London). 2. There Is No Viable Notion of Narrow Content: Sarah Sawyer (University of Nebraska-Lincoln). Is Externalism about Mental Content Compatible with Privileged Access?. 3. Externalism and Privileged Access Are Consistent: Anthony Brueckner (University of California, Santa Barbara). 4. Externalism and Privileged Access Are Inconsistent: Michael McKinsey (Wayne State University). Is the Intentional Essentially Normative?. 5. Normativism Defended: Ralph Wedgwood (University of Oxford). 6. Resisting Normativism in Psychology: Georges Rey (University of Maryland at College Park). Is There Non-Conceptual Content?. 7. The Revenge of the Given: Jerry Fodor (Rutgers University). 8. Are There Different Kinds of Content?: Richard G. Heck Jr (Brown University). Part II: Physicalism:. Is Non-Reductive Materialism Viable?. 9. Everybody Has Got It: A Defense of Non-Reductive Materialism: Louise Antony (University of Massachusetts, Amherst). 10. The Evolving Fortunes of Eliminative Materialism: Paul M. Churchland (University of California, San Diego). Should Physicalists Be A Priori Physicalists?. 11. A Priori Physicalism: Frank Jackson (Australian National University). 12. On the Limits of A Priori Physicalism: Brian P. McLaughlin (Rutgers University). Is There an Unresolved Problem of Mental Causation?. 13. Causation and Mental Causation: Jaegwon Kim (Brown University). 14. Mental Causation, or Something Near Enough: Barry Loewer (Rutgers University). Part III: The Place of Consciousness in Nature:. Is Consciousness Ontologically Emergent from the Physical?. 15. Dualist Emergentism: Martine Nida-Rumelin (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). 16. Against Ontologically Emergent Consciousness: David Braddon-Mitchell (University of Sydney). Are Phenomenal Characters and Intentional Contents of Experiences Identical?. 17. New Troubles for the Qualia Freak: Michael Tye (University of Texas at Austin). 18. A Case for Qualia: Sydney Shoemaker (Cornell University). Is Awareness of Our Mental Acts a Kind of Perceptual Consciousness?. 19. All Consciousness Is Perceptual: Jesse Prinz (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill). 20. Mental Action and Self-Awareness (I): Christopher Peacocke (Columbia University). Index
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