Matter and Consciousness A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

Name: Matter and Consciousness A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
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ISBN: 9780262530743

ISBN-10: 0262530740

ISBN-13: 9780262530743

Edition: 2nd 1988 (Revised)

Authors: Paul M. Churchland

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In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. This new edition incorporates the striking developments that have taken place in neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence and notes their expanding relevance to philosophical issues. Churchland organizes and clarifies the new theoretical and experimental results of the natural sciences for a wider philosophical audience, observing that this research bears directly on questions concerning the basic elements of cognitive activity and their…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/22/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 198
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Paul M. Churchland is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul, Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind (both published by the MIT Press), and other books.