The Mind and its World

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-09330-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Problems of Philosophy

First published in 1995. Since Descartes, the mind has been thought to be `in the head', separable from the world and even from the body it inhabits. Gregory McCulloch, in The MInd and its World, considers the latest debates in philosophy and cognitive science about whether the thinking subject actually requires an environment in order to be able to think. McCulloch explores the argument from Descartes, through Locke, Frege and Wittgenstein up to the present day. He then offers an original defence of his own version of externalism - that the mind is constituted by the objectw which are its phenomena. The Mind and its World provides a clear and accessible introduction to a cluster of contemporary controversies in the area of the philosophy of mind and language. It is designed to be read by students with no previous knowledge of the issues, but will also be of interest to specialists in the field.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCulloch, Gregory

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I, I. Descartes and Cartesianism, II. Locke and the Theory of Ideas, III. Frege and the Theory of Understanding, IV. Wittgenstein: Use and Understanding, V. Behaviourism and Mentalism, PART II, VI. What it is Really Likeq, VII. Twin Earth, VIII. Internalism and Externalism, Index

Über Autor(innen)

McCulloch, Gregory