| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Dualism 11 -- 3 Monism 47 -- 4 Artificial Intelligence 105 -- 5 Conclusion 131 -- READINGS -- Reading 1 Meditation I 149 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 2 Meditation II 155 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 3 Meditation VI 163 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 4 'The passions of the soul', Part I, Articles 30, 31, 32, 34 177 -- Rene Descartes -- Reading 5 'Sensations and brain processes' 181 -- J.J.C. Smart -- Reading 6 'The mind-body problem' 193 -- Sydney Shoemaker -- Reading 7 'Eliminative materialism and the propositional attitudes' 199 -- Paul M. Churchland -- Reading 8 'Is the brain's mind a computer program?' 205 -- John R. Searle -- Reading 9 'Consciousness and objective reality' 217 -- Thomas Nagel. |
| Summary |
This work is an introduction to the mind-body problem. Written with the beginner in mind, Robert Wilkinson carefully introduces the reader to the fundamental components of the philosophy of mind. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mind and body.
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Mind and body. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilkinson, Robert, 1948- Minds and bodies. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 (DLC) 00030595 |
| ISBN |
9781135640484 (electronic book) |
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1135640483 (electronic book) |
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0415212391 |
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0415212495 (paperback) |
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9780415212397 |
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0415212405 |
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9780415212403 |
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