Mental causation and ontology

Mental causation and ontology

by Gibb, S. C., (Sophie C.) Ingthorsson, Rögnvaldur D. Lowe, E. J., (E. Jonathan)

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This book demonstrates the importance of ontology for a central debate in philosophy of mind. Mental causation seems an obvious aspect of the world. But it is hard to understand how it can happen unless we get clear about what the entities involved in the process are. An international team of contributors presents new work on this problem.

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  • Full title :Mental causation and ontology / edited by S.C. Gibb, E.J. Lowe, R.D. Ingthorsson.

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This book demonstrates the importance of ontology for a central debate in philosophy of mind. Mental causation seems an obvious aspect of the world. But it is hard to understand how it can happen unless we get clear about what the entities involved in the process are. An international team of contributors presents new work on this problem.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

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  • Description:1 online resource (vi, 272 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781299284012, 1299284019, 9780191652554, 0191652555
  • oclc:ocn838790595
  • LC Classification:BD418.3
  • Dewey Decimal:128.2

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Levels of being, properties, and mental causation -- pt. 2. Causal relata, powers, and human agency.

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Subjects

Causation Ontologie Ontology ontology (metaphysics) Philosophie de l'esprit PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body Philosophy of mind

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Gibb, S. C., (Sophie C.) Ingthorsson, Rögnvaldur D. Lowe, E. J., (E. Jonathan)

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