Mind and Body.
Kirk, Robert.
Mind and Body. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: are we just machines? -- 2 Is there something extra? -- 3 Physicalism -- 4 Some objections to physicalism -- 5 Behaviourism -- 6 Functionalism -- 7 More about thinking -- 8 More about feeling -- 9 Conclusion -- Websites -- References -- Index.
A great deal of work in philosophy is concerned with some aspect of the complex tangle of problems and puzzles roughly labelled the mind-body problem. This book offers an introduction to this problem. It discusses mechanism - the idea that minds are machines - focusing on Searle's Chinese Room argument.
9781317489269
Mind and body - Philosophy.
Electronic books.
BF161 .K57 2014
128.2
Mind and Body. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: are we just machines? -- 2 Is there something extra? -- 3 Physicalism -- 4 Some objections to physicalism -- 5 Behaviourism -- 6 Functionalism -- 7 More about thinking -- 8 More about feeling -- 9 Conclusion -- Websites -- References -- Index.
A great deal of work in philosophy is concerned with some aspect of the complex tangle of problems and puzzles roughly labelled the mind-body problem. This book offers an introduction to this problem. It discusses mechanism - the idea that minds are machines - focusing on Searle's Chinese Room argument.
9781317489269
Mind and body - Philosophy.
Electronic books.
BF161 .K57 2014
128.2