114 Pages
by
Routledge
114 Pages
by
Routledge
Originally published in 1965. For hundreds of years the thinking of philosophers, psychologists, and theologians on the problem of the mind’s relation to the body was dominated by the Cartesian notion that mind and matter are distinct substances. That Descartes also held that there is a union of mind and matter, in a person, has largely been ignored. This may be because, as he admitted in his... Read more
1. Substance 2. Alternatives to Substance 3. The Embodied Mind 4. The Local Sign Theory 5. The Idea-Motor Theory 6. Mediacy and Immediacy 7. Qualities Which are Not Qualities 8. Bodily Sensations – Objects Which are Not Objects 9. Bodily Sensations of Warmth and Coldness 10. An Antinomy of the Will 11. Actions Which are Not Actions 12. Conclusions
Biography
G. N. A. Vesey
