How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem (Journal of Consciousness Studies)
How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem (Journal of Consciousness Studies)
ISBN: 9780907845089
出版社: Imprint Academic
出版年: 2000-04-06
页数: 112
定价: USD 19.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
The mind is the brain. Each mental state -- each hope, fear, thought -- can be identified with a particular physical state of the brain, without remainder. So argues Nicholas Humphrey in this readable yet scholarly essay. He offers strong support for his identity theory from evolutionary psychology.
His claim is discussed and challenged in commentary papers by Andy Clark, Daniel Dennett, Naomi Eilan, Ralph Ellis, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, Stevan Harnad, Natika Newton, Christian de Quincey, Carol Rovane and Robert van Gulick. Humphrey rounds off the book with a response to his critics. An excellent short introduction to the mind-body problem.