Introducing persons : theories and arguments in the philosophy of mind / Peter Carruthers.

Stimulating introduction to the most central and interesting issues in the philosophy of mind. Topics covered include dualism versus the various forms of materialism, personal identity and survival, and the problem of other minds.

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Main Author: Carruthers, Peter, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, ©1986.
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520 |a Stimulating introduction to the most central and interesting issues in the philosophy of mind. Topics covered include dualism versus the various forms of materialism, personal identity and survival, and the problem of other minds. 
505 0 |a Cover; INTRODUCING PERSONS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Myself and Others; 1. The Problem of Other Minds; i. The Problem; ii. Attempted Solutions to the Problem; iii. The Uniqueness of Consciousness; iv. Certainty and Meaning; Questions and Readings; Part Two: Immaterial Persons; 2. Dualism: Body and Soul; i. An Argument for Dualism; ii. Hume'n Bundles; iii. Against the Bundle Theory; iv. Difficulties with Dualism; Questions and Readings; 3. Identity and the Soul; i. The Concept of Identity; ii. Soul Identity; iii. Soul Identification 
505 8 |a Iv. The Argument for Dualism ReconsideredQuestions and Readings; Part Three: States of Mind; 4. Mind and Behaviour; i. Philosophical Behaviourism; ii. From Behaviourism to Functionalism; iii. First-personal Problems; iv. Errors in Mind; Questions and Readings; 5. Mind and Brain; i. Mind/Brain Identity; ii. Preliminary Difficulties; iii. Further Difficulties; iv. Necessary Identities; Questions and Readings; 6. Privacy and Meaning; i. Private Language; ii. Against Private Language; iii. A Cartesian Counter-attack; iv. Meaning and the Mind: Function and Feeling; Questions and Readings 
505 8 |a Part Four: Material Persons7. After-life for Materialists; i. Resurrection; ii. Reincarnation; iii. Double Difficulties; iv. Survival without Identity; Questions and Readings; 8. Boundaries of Persons; i. Limits of the Individual; ii. Limits of the Class: Humans that are not Persons; iii. Limits of the Class: Animal Persons; iv. Limits of the Class: Artificial Persons; Questions and Readings; Retrospect; Bibliography of Collected Papers; Glossary; Index 
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