Mind: a brief introduction

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"John Searle offers here a direct and open discussion of philosophy, one that skewers accepted wisdom even as it offers striking new insights into the nature of consciousness and the mind."--Jacket.

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Full title :Mind : a brief introduction / John R. Searle.

Summary

"John Searle offers here a direct and open discussion of philosophy, one that skewers accepted wisdom even as it offers striking new insights into the nature of consciousness and the mind."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:326 pages ; : 19 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0195157338, 9780195157338, 0195157346, 9780195157345
oclc:ocm55000584
LC Classification:BD418.3
Dewey Decimal:128/.2

Why I wrote this book -- A dozen problems in the philosophy of mind -- The turn to materialism -- Arguments against materialism -- Consciousness Part 1: Consciousness and the mind-body problem -- Consciousness Part II: The structure of consciousness and neurobiology -- Intentionality -- Mental causation -- Free will -- The unconscious and the explanation of behavior -- Perception -- The self -- Philosophy and the scientific world-view.

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Brain brains Cerveau Filosofie van de geest Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical Pensée Philosophie Philosophie de l'esprit Philosophy Philosophy of mind Psychophysiologie Psychophysiology Thinking Thought and thinking