Intellectual entertainments : eight dialogues on mind, consciousness and thought / P. M. S. Hacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hacker, P. M. S. (Peter Michael Stephan), author.

Series:

Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Consciousness.

Mind and body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2020.

Summary:

'Intellectual Entertainments' consists of eight philosophical dialogues, each with five participants, some living, some imaginary and some dead. The dialogues take place either in Elysium or in an imaginary Oxford Common Room. Each historical figure speaks in his own idiom with a distinctive turn of phrase. The imaginary figures speak in the accent and idiom of their respective countries (English, Scottish, American, Australian). The themes are the nature of the mind and the relation between mind and body; the nature of consciousness and its demystification; the nature of thought and its relation to speech; the objectivity or subjectivity of perceptual qualities such as colour, sound, smell, taste and warmth. Each participant presents a different point of view and defends his position against the arguments of the others. No philosophical knowledge is presupposed.

Contents:

Intellectual Entertainments: Eight Dialogues on Mind, Consciousness and Thought

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2019).

ISBN:

9781785271540

1785271547

9781785271533

1785271539

OCLC:

1504506864