450 Pages
by
Routledge
450 Pages
by
Routledge
444 Pages
by
Routledge
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The central theme of this impressively argued study is that the mental and physical are identical. Drawing heavily on recent scientific research into the mind-brain relationship, Dr Wilson argues that human mentality, rationality and purposefulness are phenomena which come within the compass of scientifically based explanation. The consequences of this thesis are enormous both in relation to the... Read more
Introduction Part 1 1. Conceptual Thinking and Philosophical Disagreement 2. Two Incompatible Models of Persons Part 2 3. The Mental and the Physical 4. Mind-Brain Identity Theory 5. Objections to Mind-Brain Identity Theory Part 3 6. Casual Necessity 7. Human Action Part 4 8. Free-Will and Determinism 9. Moral Responsibility Part 5 10. Physicalism and Jurisprudence 11. The Reasonable Man 12. Crime Disease and Maladjustment 13. The Mental as Physical: Conclusions
Biography
Edgar Wilson
