MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS

David Chalmers; Daniel Dennett; Douglas Hofstadter; Hilary Putnam; John Searle; Galen Strawson; Jaegwon Kim; Frank Jackson

ISBN 10: 8792130100 / ISBN 13: 9788792130105

Published by Automatic Press / VIP, 2009

About this Item

pp. 236.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
• Publisher: Automatic Press / VIP
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8792130100
• ISBN 13: 9788792130105
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Debates concerning the nature of mind and consciousness are active and ongoing, with implications for philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence and the neurosciences. This book collects interviews with some of the foremost philosophers of mind, focusing on open questions, promising projects, and their own intellectual histories. The result is a rich glimpse of the contemporary debate through some of the people who make it what it is. Interviews with Lynne Rudder Baker, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, Fred Dretske, Owen Flanagan, Samuel Guttenplan, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, John Heil, Terence Horgan, Douglas Hofstadter, Frank Jackson, Jaegwon Kim, William Lycan, Alva Noë, Hilary Putnam, David Rosenthal, John Searle, Steven Stich, Galen Strawson, Michael Tye.

About the Author

Patrick Grim is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.