The subject's point of view / Katalin Farkas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farkas, Katalin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Philosophy of mind.

Externalism (Philosophy of mind).

Internalism (Theory of knowledge).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Katalin Farkas comes to the defence of a Cartesian view of the mind. She argues that Descartes' influence is more beneficial and his conception of the mind more deeply rooted in our understanding of ourselves, than most philosophers allow.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Analytical Table of Contents""; ""Part One. Our Cartesian Mind""; ""1. Privileged Access and the Mark of the Mental""; ""2. Unconscious, Conscious, Bodily""; ""3. Persons and Minds""; ""Part Two. Internalism and Externalism""; ""4. The Internal and the External""; ""5. Indiscriminability""; ""6. Externalism and Privileged Self-Knowledge""; ""7. Reference and Sense""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161551-X

0-19-959201-2

1-281-82555-7

9786611825553

0-19-155218-6

OCLC:

922953582