This is the one and only book by the pioneer of the identity theory of mind. The collection focuses on Place's philosophy of mind and his contributions to neighboring issues in metaphysics and epistemology. It includes an autobiographical essay as well as a recent paper on the function and neural location of consciousness.

A secret team of government assassins.... A trio of otherworldly demons.... A mysterious stranger with a talent for dealing out death.... The highest levels of the Washington D.C. police force.... They all race against time and against each other to find Merlena Bennett, a recent immigrant to America. The beautiful Bennett had been leading a rather mundane life as she struggled to achieve the American Dream. But after witnessing a gruesome, supernatural murder, she finds herself in a whirlwind of pursuit, escape, intrigue, and conspiracy. She soon learns that her simple life was never what it...