Philosophy of Mind

The philosophy of mind has long been part of the core philosophy curriculum, and this book is the classic, comprehensive survey of the subject. Designed as an introduction to the field for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, Philosophy of Mind focuses on the mind-body problem and related issues, some touching on the status of psychology and cognitive science. The ...

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The philosophy of mind has long been part of the core philosophy curriculum, and this book is the classic, comprehensive survey of the subject. Designed as an introduction to the field for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, Philosophy of Mind focuses on the mind-body problem and related issues, some touching on the status of psychology and cognitive science. The third edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to reflect developments of the past decade, and it is the only text of its kind that provides a serious and respectful treatment of substance dualism. This edition also includes two new chapters on the nature of consciousness and the status of consciousness. Improved readability and clarity has been one important aim of the new edition. Throughout the text, author Jaegwon Kim allows readers to come to their own terms with the central problems of the mind. At the same time, Kim's own emerging views are on display and serve to move the discussion forward. Comprehensive, clear, and fair, Philosophy of Mind is a model of philosophical exposition and a significant contribution to the field.

Chapter 1 - Introduction What Is Philosophy Of Mind?
Metaphysical Preliminaries
Mind-Body Supervenience
Materialism And Physicalism
Varieties Of Mental Phenomena
Is There A “Mark Of The Mental”?
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Chapter 1 - Introduction What Is Philosophy Of Mind?
Metaphysical Preliminaries
Mind-Body Supervenience
Materialism And Physicalism
Varieties Of Mental Phenomena
Is There A “Mark Of The Mental”?
For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 2 - Mind As Immaterial Substance
Descartes’S Interactionist Substance Dualism
Why Minds And Bodies Are Distinct: Some Arguments
Princess Elisabeth Against Descartes
The “Pairing Problem”: Another Causal Argument
Immaterial Minds In Space?
Substance Dualism And Property Dualism For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 3 - Mind And Behavior
The Cartesian Theater And The “Beetle In The Box”
What Is Behavior?
Logical Behaviorism: A Positivist Argument
A Behavioral Translation Of “Paul Has A Toothache”
Difficulties With Behavioral Definitions
Do Pains Entail Pain Behavior?
Ontological Behaviorism
The Real Relationship Between Pain And Pain Behavior
Behaviorism In Psychology Why Behavior Matters To Mind For
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 4 - Mind As The Brain
Mind-Brain Correlations
Making Sense Of Mind-Brain Correlations
The Argument From Simplicity
Explanatory Arguments For Psychoneural Identity
An Argument From Mental Causation Against Psychoneural Identity Theory
Reductive And Nonreductive Physicalism
For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 5 - Mind As A Computing Machine
Multiple Realizability And The Functional Conception Of Mind
Functional Properties And Their Realizers: Definitions
Functionalism And Behaviorism
Turing Machines
Physical Realizers Of Turing Machines
Machine Functionalism: Motivations And Claims
Machine Functionalism: Further Issues
Can Machines Think? The Turing Test
Computationalism And The “Chinese Room” For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 6 - Mind As A Causal System
The Ramsey-Lewis Method
Choosing An Underlying Psychology
Functionalism As Physicalism: Psychological Reality
Objections And Difficulties
Roles Versus Realizers: The Status Of Cognitive Science
For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 7 - Mental Causation
Agency And Mental Causation
Mental Causation, Mental Realism, And Epiphenomenalism
Psychophysical Laws And “Anomalous Monism ”
Is Anomalous Monism A Form Of Epiphenomenalism ?
Counterfactuals To The Rescue?
Physical Causal Closure And The “Exclusion Argument ”
The “Supervenience Argument ” And Epiphenomenalism
Further Issues: The Extrinsicness Of Mental States
For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 8 - Mental Content
Interpretation Theory
The Causal-Correlational Approach: Informational Semantics
Misrepresentation And The Teleological Approach
Narrow Content And Wide Content: Content Externalism
The Metaphysics Of Wide Content States
Is Narrow Content Possible?
Two Problems For Content Externalism
For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 9 - What Is Consciousness?
Some Views On Consciousness
Nagel And His Inscrutable Bats
Phenomenal Consciousness And Access Consciousness
Consciousness And Subjectivity
Does Consciousness Involve Higher-Order Perception Or Thought?
Transparency Of Experience And Qualia Representationalism
For Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 10 - Consciousness And The Mind-Body Problem
The “Explanatory Gap” And The “Hard Problem”
Does Consciousness Supervene On Physical Properties?
Closing The Explanatory Gap: Reduction And Reductive Explanation
Functional Analysis And Reductive Explanation
Consciousness And Brain Science
What Mary, The Super Vision Scientist, Didn’T Know
The Limits Of Physicalism
For Further Reading
Notes
References
Index
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