Mind in a physical world : an essay on the mind-body problem and mental causation / Jaegwon Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Jaegwon, author.

Series:

Representation and mind

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Causation.

Mind and body.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 146 pages).

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1998]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind -- in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Book consists of four revised lectures given by the author as the Townsend Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, in Mar. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139) and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kim, Jaegwon. Mind in a physical world.

ISBN:

0262277107

9780262277105

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