Cartesian Psychology and Physical Minds Individualism and the Science of the Mind

Name: Cartesian Psychology and Physical Minds Individualism and the Science of the Mind
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ISBN: 9780521597340

ISBN-10: 052159734X

ISBN-13: 9780521597340

Edition: 1997

Authors: Robert Andrew Wilson, Jonathan Dancy, John Haldane, Gilbert Harman, Frank Jackson

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Robert A. Wilson presents an extensive critique of individualism in psychology, a view that has been the subject of debate between philosopers such as Jerry Fodor and Tyler Burge for many years.

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/28/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Gilbert Harman is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the author of Explaining Value and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy and Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind.




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Cartesian Psychology and the Science of the Mind