Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach

Rey, Georges

ISBN 10: 0631190716 / ISBN 13: 9780631190714

Published by Blackwell Publishers, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631190716
• ISBN 13: 9780631190714
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This volume is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author focuses on the controversial "eliminativist" and "instrumentalist" attacks - from philosophers such as of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on our ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, Rey offers an explication and defense of "mental realism", and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires.

About the Author

Georges Rey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. In addition to publishing numerous articles in the philosophy of mind, he is co-editor (with Barry Loewer) of Meaning and Mind (Blackwell, 1992).