Mind in Action - Hardcover

Rundle, Bede

 
9780198236917: Mind in Action
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198236913 ISBN 13: 9780198236917
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Bede Rundle challenges the quasi-mechanical view of human action that is dominant in contemporary philosophy of mind. A materialist view of the mind and a causal theory of action fit together conveniently: the notion of action as caused by thoughts and desires allows philosophers to accommodate explanations of action within a framework that is congenial to scientific understanding, and the conception of mind as physical enables them to make sense of causal transactions between the two domains. Mind in Action offers an alternative approach. Compelling reasons are given for demoting causation and for shifting the emphasis to the role played by behaviour in accounts of thought, belief, desire, intention, freedom, and other key concepts. Rundle's approach sheds fresh light not only on human behaviour but also on animal mentality, and has important implications for the feasibility of current programmes in cognitive science.

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Bede Rundle is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford.

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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198236913
ISBN 13 
9780198236917
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
316
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