1st Edition

Mind and Body

By Robert Kirk Copyright 2003
216 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

A great deal of work in philosophy today is concerned with some aspect of the complex tangle of problems and puzzles roughly labelled the mind-body problem. This book is an introduction to it. It is a readable, lucid and accessible guide that provides readers with authoritative exposition, and a solid and reliable framework which can be built on as needed. The first chapter briefly introduces the... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction: are we just machines? 2. Is there something extra? 3. Physicalism 4. Some objections to physicalism 5. Behaviourism 6. Functionalism 7. More about thinking 8. More about feeling 9. Conclusion Websites References Index

Biography

Robert Kirk