Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 041513059X, Hardcover)

Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction covers the major topics typically studied in philosophy of mind and discusses the dualist, behaviorist, functionalist, interpretationist, and eliminativist accounts of the nature of mind, along with a critical assessment of the recent trends in the subject.

This fully revised and updated version of the highly successful first edition builds on the previously addressed themes and expands on central topics. The new edition includes:

* A brand new chapter on consciousness
* An expansion of the Davidson and Dennett discussions, splitting them into two stand-alone chapters
* A chapter looking at general issues associated with present day approaches to the theory of mind

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0415130603, Paperback)

John Heil offers a conception of mind grounded in a metaphysical account of the contents of the world. He gives readers a guided tour of the most prominent account of nature of the mind, including dualism, behaviorist, and functionalist, and a critical assessment of recent trends in the subject.