Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology
This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions. The essays are grouped...
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This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions. The essays are grouped into four sections: Intentional Explanation and Attributions of Mentality; The Nature of Theory in Psychology; Objects of Consciousness and the Nature of Experience; and Free Will and Personhood.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780262540377 (0262540371)
ASIN: 262540371
Publish date: July 13th 1981
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pages no: 377
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
Science,
American,
20th Century,
Philosophy,
Psychology,
Neuroscience,
Theory,
Metaphysics,
Brain