The mind-brain identity theory, a collection of papers / compiled, edited and furnished with an introduction, by C. V. Borst. Contributors: D. M. Armstrong [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borst, C. V. (Clive Vernon), compiler.

Contributor:

Armstrong, D. M. (David Malet), 1926-2014.

Series:

Controversies in philosophy

Controversies in philosophy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mind-brain identity theory.

Mind and body.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

261 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan ; New York : St Martin's P., 1970.

Contents:

Mind body, not a pseudo-problem, by H. Feigl.

Is consciousness a brain process? by U. T. Place.

Sensations and brain processes, by J. J. C. Smart.

The nature of mind, by D. M. Armstrong.

Materialism as a scientific hypothesis, by U. T. Place.

Sensations and brain processes: a reply to J. J. C. Smart, by J. T. Stevenson.

Further remarks on sensations and brain processes, by J. J. C. Smart.

Smart on sensations, by K. Baier.

Brain processes and incorrigibility, by J. J. C. Smart.

Could mental states be brain processes? by J. Shaffer.

The identity of mind and body, by J. Cornman.

Shaffer on the identity of mental states and brain processes, by R. Coburn.

Mental events and the brain, by J. Shaffer.

Comment: mental events and the brain, by P. Feyerabend.

Materialism and the mind-body problem, by P. Feyerabend.

Materialism, by J. J. C. Smart.

Scientific materialism and the identity theory, by N. Malcolm.

Professor Malcolm on scientific materialism and the identity theory, by E. Sosa.

Rejoinder to Mr. Sosa, by N. Malcolm.

Mind-body identity, privacy and categories, by R. Rorty.

Physicalism, by T. Nagel.

Mind-body identity, a side issue? by C. Taylor.

Illusions and identity, by J. M. Hinton.

Bibliography (p. [259]-261).

OCLC:

88458