Mind, Self and Interiority

Texte du rabat

This work on the philosophy of the mind encompasses the case against privacy (pace Descartes); the elimination of the inner process; the materialization of mind; bad folk psychology; functionalism and the machine analogy; the declension of subjectivity; and Parfit's bundle theory.

Résumé
The central claim of this book is that such purportedly 'Cartesian' concepts as privacy, interiority and self-unity are compatible with a materialist philosophy of mind.

Contenu
Contents: Introduction; The case against privacy; The elimination of the inner process; The materialization of mind; The case against folk psychology; The mechanization of the inner life; The declension of subjectivity; The self discontinued; Bibliography; Index.