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Philosophy of Mind An Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0631205411

ISBN-13: 9780631205418

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: George Graham

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Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction is a lively and accessible introduction to one of philosophy's most active and important areas of research.In this second edition, George Graham maintains the strengths, structure, and overall features of the first, but expands its scope, deepens the detail, and reinforces the student-oriented style and coverage. The book is aimed at readers with little or no background in philosophy and covers a broad range of issues. Included are such central topics as the mind/body problem, personal identity, consciousness, intentionality and freedom of the will, as well as others rarely included in elementary introductions such as after-death experience, minds of…    
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Book details

List price: $64.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

George Graham is a Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
What is Philosophy of Mind?
Beginning Definitions, Elementary Ideas
Color in Black and White
Death and Identity
Christianity and the Problem of Survival
The After-Death Experience
Dissent from After Death
The Idea of 'Personal Identity'
Glorifying the Afterlife
Solace and Annihilation
The Problem of Other Minds
The Loneliness of Skepticism
How Not to Solve the Problem of Other Minds
How to Solve the Problem of Other Minds
Other Minds and the Best Explanation Argument
Mind and Belief in Animals:
The Mental Community
Optimism About Animal Belief
Pessimism About Animal Belief
The Challenge of Animal Belief
Horse and Chimp
Mind and Belief in Computers
Could a Computer Believe?
Functionalism and Intentionality
The Chinese Room Argument
The Counter-Argument from Possibility
The Counter-Argument from Intentional Anti-Realism
Once More: Could a Computer Believe?
Mind and Belief in God:
A Dilemma for St. Thomas
Does God Possess Beliefs?
Suffering and Love
On Having It All
The Concept of 'Rational Action'
Rationality Versus Irrationality
Is Weakness of Will Unreasonable?
Is Unselfish Action Impossible?
Does Mind Depend Upon Brain?
Materialism
Is Materialism Correct?
Brentano's Thesis
Intentionality and Materialism
Supervenience and Melancholia or Why Did Robert Schumann Starve Himself to Death?
Explanation and Mind/Brain Supervenience
Inside Persons
A Question of Gender
What Is It Like to Be a Person?
Freedom and Explanation
The Dilemma of Free Will
Folk Psychology, Freedom, and Compatibilism
Happy Ending
Consciousness, Matter, and Morality
Consciousness Defined
Six Roles of Consciousness
Is Consciousness a Brain Process?
Consciousness and Animal Liberation
An Impossible Consciousness
Fear and Trembling
Consciousness Epiphenomenalism
The Master Argument for Consciousness Epiphenomenalism
Attacking the Master Argument
Defeating the Master Argument
The Intelligent Behavior Hypothesis
The Divided Labor Hypothesis
Criticism and Commitments
Final Feeling
Glossary
A Philosophy of Mind Bookshelf
Index