Explaining the Mental : Naturalist and Non-Naturalist Approaches to Mental Acts and Processes.

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Penco, Carlo

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TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781443806534
1443806536
1282190415
9781282190412
9786612190414
6612190418

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BF311 .E885 2007

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; PUBLIC WORDS CONSIDERED AS VEHICLES OF THINKING; SPEAKING AND THINKING; THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING CONSTITUENT; PART II; TAKING SERIOUSLY KNOWLEDGE AS A MENTAL STATE; EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE ELIMINATIVE STANCE; KNOWLEDGE, BELIEF AND REASONS FOR ACTING; SOME VARIETIES OF DECEPTION; PART III; INTENTIONALITY NATURALIZED; THOUGHT AND THINKING; IS COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY REALLY PRIMITIVE?; PART IV; DO CONCEPTS EXIST? A NATURALISTIC POINT OF VIEW; COSMIC HERMENEUTICS VS. EMERGENCE; ""WHAT PHYSICALISM SHOULD PROVIDE US WITH""; THE CLAIMS OF NATURALISM.

Summary: The aim of this collection of papers is to present different philosophical perspectives on the mental, exploring questions about how to define, explain and understand the various kinds of mental acts and processes, and exhibiting, in particular, the contrast between naturalistic and non-naturalistic approaches. There is a long tradition in philosophy of clarifying concepts such as those of thinking, knowing and believing. The task of clarifying these concepts has become ever more import ...

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The aim of this collection of papers is to present different philosophical perspectives on the mental, exploring questions about how to define, explain and understand the various kinds of mental acts and processes, and exhibiting, in particular, the contrast between naturalistic and non-naturalistic approaches. There is a long tradition in philosophy of clarifying concepts such as those of thinking, knowing and believing. The task of clarifying these concepts has become ever more import ...