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Materialism and the Mind-Body Problem

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ISBN-10: 0872204782

ISBN-13: 9780872204782

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: David M. Rosenthal

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An expanded and updated edition of this classic collection.
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Book details

List price: $14.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 323
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

David M. Rosenthal is Professor of Philosophy, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York.

Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Addendum, 2000
Classical Materialism
Selections
from Discourse on the Method of rightly directing one's Reason and of seeking Truth in the Sciences, Part Five
from Letter to the Marquis of Newcastle
from Letter to Henry More
from Meditations on First Philosophy, Sixth Meditation
from Ethics, Parts One, Two and Three
Selections
from Leviathan, Part I, Chapters 1, 2 and 3
from De Corpore, Part IV, Chapter 25
The Identity Thesis
Sensations and Brain Processes
Mental Events and the Brain
The Identity of Mind and Body
Theoretical Materialism
On the Psycho-Physical Identity Theory
Physicalism
Postscript (November 1968)
Asymmetries and Mind-Body Perplexities
Functionalistic Materialism
Materialism
The Nature of Mental States
An Argument for the Identity Theory, with addenda (October 1969)
Eliminative Materialism
Mental Events and the Brain
Mind-Body Identity, Privacy, and Categories
The Challenge of Scientific Materialism
In Defense of Eliminative Materialism
Intentionality and Qualia
Mental Events
Epiphenomenal Qualia
Reduction, Qualia, and the Direct Introspection of Brain States
Postscript on Qualia
Should a Materialist Believe in Qualia?
Bibliography
Selective Update, 1971-2000