The Philosophy of Mind: Classical Problems/contemporary IssuesBrian Beakley, Peter Ludlow Bringing together the best classical and contemporary writings in the philosophy of mind and organized by topic, this anthology allows readers to follow the development of thinking in five broad problem areas--the mind/body problem, mental causation, associationism/connectionism, mental imagery, and innate ideas--over 2500 years of philosophy. The writings range from Plato and Descartes to Fodor and the PDP research group, showing how many of the current concerns in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science are firmly rooted in history. The editors have provided helpful introductions to each of the main sections.Readings from: Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Nicolas Malebranche, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Henry Huxley, William James, Oswald Külpe, John Watson, jean Piaget, Gilbert Ryle, U.T. Place, Hilary Putnam, Daniel Dennett, Donald Davidson, Jerry Fodor, Roger Shepard, Jacqueline Metzler, Saul Kripke, Ned Block, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Kosslyn, Zenon Pylyshyn, Patricia Churchland, James McClelland, David Rumelhart, Geoffrey Hinton, Paul Smolensky, Seymour Papert. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Chapter | 19 |
Chapter 7 | 33 |
Chapter 9 | 47 |
Chapter 12 | 69 |
Chapter 13 | 91 |
Chapter 14 | 107 |
Chapter 18 | 123 |
Chapter 31 | 217 |
Chapter 34 | 241 |
Chapter 37 | 255 |
Chapter 40 | 269 |
Chapter 41 | 289 |
Chapter 42 | 325 |
Chapter 43 | 345 |
Chapter 45 | 365 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Philosophy of Mind: Classical Problems/contemporary Issues A Bradford book |
| Editors | Brian Beakley, Peter Ludlow |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | MIT Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0262521679, 9780262521673 |
| Length | 433 pages |
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