The Metaphysics of Mind

ISBN-13: 9780192830708 / Miękka / 1992 / 176 str.

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Opis

What is mind? This book addresses a timeless question in an especially lively fashion, using language accessible to the layperson, but offering a rigor that will please the specialist. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and using a structural approach similar to that of Gilbert Ryle's classic The Concept of Mind, Metaphysics of Mind forges the ideas of those influential thinkers with Kenny's own lifelong investigations into mind to create a classic work on philosophical psychology. Ranging from discussions of Cartesian dualism, through theories of emotion, to profound examinations of the imagination and intellect, Metaphysics of Mind is a book for anyone who has ever tried to understand the meaning and place of human consciousness in a vast physical universe.

Recenzje

brilliantly economic and coherent

Spis treści

Descartes' myth; Body, soul, mind, and spirit; The will; Emotion; Abilities, faculties, powers, and dispositions; Self and self-knowledge; Sensation and observation; Imagination; The intellect; Psychology; Bibliographical note; Index

O autorze

He is also the author of The God of the Philosophers (#9.95); What is Faith? (#6.99); A Path from Rome (#4.95); and Past Masters volumes on Aquinas, Wyclif, and Thomas More, all #4.99.