1st Edition
The Immaterial Self A Defence of the Cartesian Dualist Conception of the Mind
By John Foster
Copyright 1991
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dualism argues that the mind is more than just the brain. It holds that there exists two very different realms, one mental and the other physical. Both are fundamental and one cannot be reduced to the other - there are minds and there is a physical world. This book examines and defends the most famous dualist account of the mind, the cartesian, which attributes the immaterial contents of the mind... Read more
Preface, 1. THE DUALIST DOCTRINE, 2. NIHILISM AND ANALYTICAL BEHAVIOURISM, 3. ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONALISM, 4. THE TYPE-IDENTITY THESIS, 5. TOKEN-IDENTITY AND METAPHYSICAL REDUCTIONISM, 6. TOKEN-IDENTITY AND PSYCHOPHYSICAL CAUSATION, 7. THE MENTAL SUBJECT, 8. PERSONAL IDENTITY, EMBODIMENT, AND FREEDOM, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Foster, John
`This is a lucid, powerful and well-constructed book.' - N.M.L Nathan, MIND
