Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (2002)

by David J. Chalmers (Editor)

Other authors: D. M. Armstrong (Contributor), A. J. Ayer (Contributor), Ned Block (Contributor), Robert Brandom (Contributor), Franz Brentano (Contributor) — 46 more, C. D. Broad (Contributor), Anthony Brueckner (Contributor), Tyler Burge (Contributor), Rudolf Carnap (Contributor), David J. Chalmers (Contributor), Roderick M. Chisholm (Contributor), Paul M. Churchland (Contributor), Andy Clark (Contributor), Donald Davidson (Contributor), Daniel C. Dennett (Contributor), René Descartes (Contributor), Fred Dretske (Contributor), Herbert Feigl (Contributor), Jerry A. Fodor (Contributor), Christopher S. Hill (Contributor), Terence Horgan (Contributor), Thomas H. Huxley (Contributor), Frank Jackson (Contributor), Jaegwon Kim (Contributor), Saul A. Kripke (Contributor), Joseph Levine (Contributor), David Lewis (Contributor), Brian Loar (Contributor), Grover Maxwell (Contributor), Colin McGinn (Contributor), Michael McKinsey (Contributor), Ruth Garrett Millikan (Contributor), Thomas Nagel (Contributor), Martine Nida-Rümelin (Contributor), Derek Parfit (Contributor), Christopher Peacocke (Contributor), U. T. Place (Contributor), Hilary Putnam (Contributor), David M. Rosenthal (Contributor), Bertrand Russell (Contributor), Gilbert Ryle (Contributor), John R. Searle (Contributor), Wilfrid Sellars (Contributor), Sydney Shoemaker (Contributor), J. J. C. Smart (Contributor), Raymond M. Smullyan (Contributor), Robert Stalnaker (Contributor), Daniel Stoljar (Contributor), John Tienson (Contributor), Michael Tye (Contributor), Stephen Yablo (Contributor)

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What is the mind? Is consciousness a process in the brain? How do our minds represent the world?Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings is a grand tour of writings on these and other perplexing questions about the nature of the mind. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, the book includes sixty-three selections that range from the classical contributions of Descartesto the leading edge of contemporary debates. Extensive sections cover foundational issues, the nature of consciousness, and the nature of mental content. Three of the selections are published here for the first time, while many other articles have been revised especially for this volume. Eachsection opens with an introduction by the editor. Philosophy of Mind is suitable for students at all levels and also for general readers.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Chalmers, David J.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Armstrong, D. M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ayer, A. J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Block, Ned	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brandom, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brentano, Franz	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Broad, C. D.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brueckner, Anthony	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Burge, Tyler	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carnap, Rudolf	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chalmers, David J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chisholm, Roderick M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Churchland, Paul M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clark, Andy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davidson, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dennett, Daniel C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Descartes, René	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dretske, Fred	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Feigl, Herbert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fodor, Jerry A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hill, Christopher S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Horgan, Terence	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Huxley, Thomas H.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Frank	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Kripke, Saul A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Loar, Brian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Place, U. T.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Smart, J. J. C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smullyan, Raymond M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Tienson, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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PREFACE

What is the mind? What is the relationship between mind and body? Is the mind the same as the brain? How can the mind affect the physical world? What is consciousness? Could a purely physical system be conscious?

1 Foundations

The articles in this part address foundational questions about the nature of the mind and about the relationship between the mental and the physical.

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What is the mind? Is consciousness a process in the brain? How do our minds represent the world?Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings is a grand tour of writings on these and other perplexing questions about the nature of the mind. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, the book includes sixty-three selections that range from the classical contributions of Descartesto the leading edge of contemporary debates. Extensive sections cover foundational issues, the nature of consciousness, and the nature of mental content. Three of the selections are published here for the first time, while many other articles have been revised especially for this volume. Eachsection opens with an introduction by the editor. Philosophy of Mind is suitable for students at all levels and also for general readers.

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