Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach

Rey, Georges

ISBN 10: 0631190716 / ISBN 13: 9780631190714

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 1997

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631190716
• ISBN 13: 9780631190714
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

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).