This volume of Ned Block's writings collects his papers on consciousness, functionalism, and representationism. A number of these papers treat the significance of the multiple realizability of mental states for the mind-body problem -- a theme that has concerned Block since the 1960s. One paper on this topic considers the upshot for the mind-body problem of the possibility of a robot that is functionally like us but physically different -- as is Commander Data of Star Trek's second generation. The papers on consciousness treat such conceptual issues as phenomenal versus access...
This volume of Ned Block's writings collects his papers on consciousness, functionalism, and representationism. A number of these papers treat the ...
In this introduction to the philosophical problems underlying the modern study of mind and behavior, Ned Block has collected the most important papers by the major figures in the field. He provides the only central reference work now available for scholars and students in this growing area of inquiry. Volume I covers general approaches to the study of the mind: behaviorism, reductionism, and functionalism.
In this introduction to the philosophical problems underlying the modern study of mind and behavior, Ned Block has collected the most important papers...
