Physicalism and the Mind

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Francescotti, Robert (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy and science.; Physics.; Philosophy of Mind.; Philosophy of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book addresses a tightly knit cluster of questions in the philosophy of mind. There is the question: Are mental properties identical with physical properties? An affirmative answer would seem to secure the truth of physicalism regarding the mind, i.e., the belief that all mental phenomena obtai...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Multiple Realizability
• Chapter 2. Supervenience and Physicalism
• Chapter 3. Realization and Constitution
• Chapter 4. Defining Physicalism.