206 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper... Read more
Preface -- Mindism and Personism -- Mindism and Personism -- Descartes’s Concept of Mind -- Un-Locke-ing the Mind -- A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind -- Ryle, Mind, and Persons -- Wittgenstein and Ryle -- Personism and Mindism -- Mental Events? -- Functionalism -- Giving Persons a Hard Time -- Consciousness -- Envoi
Biography
Elmer Sprague
