Mind in a Physical World
An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation (Representation and Mind)
Edición de la obra Mind in a Physical World
| Autor | Jaegwon Kim |
|---|---|
| Editorial | The MIT Press |
| Fecha de publicación | January 31, 2000 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 156 |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780262611534 |
| ISBN-10 | 0262611538 |
| Número de Cutter | K49m |
This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind - in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction.