Nicholas Jolley shows that the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality are more central to Locke's philosophy than has been realized. He argues that Locke takes up unorthodox positions in both cases, and holds that Locke's criticisms of Descartes were controvers…
Main description: The volume presents essays on the philosophical explanation of the relationship between body and soul in antiquity from the Presocratics to Galen, including papers on Parmenides on thinking (E. Hussey, R. Dilcher), Empedocles' Love (D. O'Brien), tripartition in…
The volume presents essays on the philosophical explanation of the relationship between body and soul in antiquity from the Presocratics to Galen, including papers on Parmenides on thinking (E. Hussey, R. Dilcher), Empedocles' Love (D. O'Brien), tripartition in Plato (T. Buchhei…
How should we deal with mental disorder - as an 'illness' like diabetes or bronchitis, as a 'problem in living', or what? This book seeks to answer such questions by going to their roots, in philosophical questions about the nature of the human mind, the ways in which it can be …
How should we deal with mental disorder - as an 'illness' like diabetes or bronchitis, as a 'problem in living', or what? This book seeks to answer such questions by going to their roots, in philosophical questions about the nature of the human mind, the ways in which it can be …
Nos générations sont les premières à pouvoir espérer que l'on saura bientôt expliquer comment fonctionne notre esprit. Déjà, nous connaissons beaucoup de choses sur la géographie intérieure de notre occiput, nous commençons à entrevoir comment ses différentes constellations trav…
Nos générations sont les premières à pouvoir espérer que l'on saura bientôt expliquer comment fonctionne notre esprit. Déjà, nous connaissons beaucoup de choses sur la géographie intérieure de notre occiput, nous commençons à entrevoir comment ses différentes constellations trav…
Nos générations sont les premières à pouvoir espérer que l'on saura bientôt expliquer comment fonctionne notre esprit. Déjà, nous connaissons beaucoup de choses sur la géographie intérieure de notre occiput, nous commençons à entrevoir comment ses différentes constellations trav…
by Kim, Jaegwon
fromPrinceton monographs in philosophy
by Kim, Jaegwon
fromPrinceton monographs in philosophy
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately physical. Here, Jaegwon Kim presents the most comprehensive and systematic presentation yet of his influential ideas on the mind-body problem. H…
In his third book, Strauss delves into the mysterious process whereby an idea is born in the mind and materialized through the hand in the expression of an artwork. How exactly does this happen? It's a question so basic, an act so fundamental to art-making, that it has rarely re…
"How might we understand entanglements of the mind, brain, body and world? And how can we develop creative forms of experimentation to enact these entanglements? In this unique contribution, Blackman focuses upon the affective capacities of bodies, human and non-human as well as…
"How might we understand entanglements of the mind, brain, body and world? And how can we develop creative forms of experimentation to enact these entanglements? In this unique contribution, Blackman focuses upon the affective capacities of bodies, human and non-human as well as…
