Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-body Problem and Mental Causation
- ISBN-10
- 0262611538
- ISBN-13
- 9780262611534
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Jaegwon Kim
Description
This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind--in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind--in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.
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