The mental world is a world of unobservable abstract entities, such as beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions, ... underlying concepts from the ongoing stream of social interaction, as children acquire the mental-state concepts that ...
Introduction: The Philosophical Culture p. 3 I Philosophy of Mind 1.
Second, once opinion isdifferentiated from knowledge we canseethat we entertain arange of opinions about the minds of others. Locke outlines several different reasons, each of which leads us to think that thereareminds in very different ...
A leading philosopher of science discusses the evolution of the cephalopod mind, shares photos of cephalopod encounters taken during his advanced scuba dives, and offers insights into how nature became self-aware.
Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant ...
This extensive collection of published essays and reviews offers Nagel's opinionated views on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and political philosophy, as well as on fellow philosophers like Freud, Wittgenstein, Rawls, Dennett, ...
In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared.
Other Minds
BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest...
It cannot be characterised as asymmetrical knowledge, tout court, for the analogical arguer (and other arguers to other minds) can hold that they are as sure about how others experience sunflowers as they are about how they themselves ...
In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared.