Monism Matters: The Significance Of Type Monism For The Mind-Body Debate

Alter, Torin (Professor Of Philosophy, The University Of Alabama)

ISBN 10: 0198931530 / ISBN 13: 9780198931539

Published by Oxford University Press, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monism Matters: The Significance Of Type Monism For The Mind-Body Debate
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198931530
• ISBN 13: 9780198931539
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.21 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book is about the significance of monism for the mind-body problem, in short, monism matters. It discusses how best to define the physicalist version of monism and how to understand what it means to be physical.

About the Author

Torin Alter, Professor of Philosophy, The University of Alabama

Torin Alter is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama. He has published extensively on consciousness and the mind-body problem and occasionally on other topics, such as free will and determinism. His publications include The Matter of Consciousness: From the Knowledge Argument to Russellian Monism (OUP, 2023) and A Dialogue on Consciousness (co-authored with Robert J. Howell, OUP, 2009).