A Materialist Theory of the Mind

ISBN-13: 9781032355412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 432 str.

D. M. Armstrong; Peter Anstey

Opis

A landmark of 20th century philosophy of mind, it launched the physicalist revolution in approaches to the mind and has been debated and puzzled over ever since its first publication in 1968. Includes a new Foreword by Peter Anstey, placing Armstrong's book in helpful philosophical and historical context.

Recenzje

'A groundbreaking book when first published, A Materialist Theory of the Mind remains today one of the most important, influential, and penetrating discussions of the mind available. In addition to advancing a powerful defense of mind-body materialism, it contains rich and illuminating treatments of all the main aspects of mental functioning, from perceiving and mental imagery to thinking, willing, and introspection. At once sophisticated and highly accessible, this is a book anybody interested in the mind should have.' - David Rosenthal, City University New York, USA

Spis treści

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Peter Anstey  Acknowledgements Preface to the 1993 Edition  Introduction  Part 1: Theories of Mind  1. A Classification of Theories of Mind  2. Dualism  3. The Attribute Theory  4. A Difficulty for any Non-Materialist Theory of Mind  5. Behaviourism  6. The Central-State Theory  Part 2: The Concept of Mind  7. The Will (1)  8. The Will (2)  9. Knowledge and Inference  10. Perception and Belief  11. Perception and Behaviour  12. The Secondary Qualities  13. Mental Images  14. Bodily Sensations  15. Introspection  16. Belief and Thought  Part 3: The Nature of Mind  17. Identification of the Mental with the Physical  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

David Malet Armstrong was born in 1926 in Melbourne, Australia. He studied philosophy at the University of Sydney before going to Oxford, taking the recently established B. Phil. degree in 1954. He taught briefly at Birkbeck College, London, before returning to Australia to teach at the University of Melbourne. He succeeded J.L. Mackie in Anderson’s chair at Sydney in 1964, where he taught until his retirement in 1991. He died in 2014.