Matters of the MindPsychology Press, 2001 - 288 pages This book presents a popular and authoritative account of the dramatically different ways in which philosophers have thought about the mind over the last hundred years. It explores the effect of the major turning points in recent western philosophy as well as the influence of the leading figures. |
Contents
Observing the Human Animal | 37 |
37 | 65 |
Nothing but the Brain | 79 |
11 Karl Lashley | 97 |
12 J J C Smart | 103 |
13 Patricia Churchland | 120 |
1 Pascals calculating box | 129 |
Computers to the Rescue | 130 |
The Bogey of Consciousness | 175 |
4 EEG readings re dreams etc | 179 |
7 Picture from Roald Dahls | 188 |
10 Colin McGinn | 197 |
11 Assembly workers in the motor industry | 203 |
The Pit and the Pendulum | 209 |
1 Samuel Johnson | 226 |
2 John Searle | 235 |
5 Joseph Marie Jacquards loom 1345 | 139 |
9 Kenneth Craik | 146 |
12 Hilary Putnam | 153 |
14 Searles Chinese Room | 165 |
15 Still of Replicant from Blade Runner | 173 |
4 Oxford University | 243 |
Notes | 255 |
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