Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions. There currently exist annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures philosophy of mind's recent dynamic exchanges for a student audience. By bringing compiling ten newly commissioned pieces in which leading philosophers square off on five central, related debates currently engaging the field, editor Uriah Kriegel has provided such a publication.The five debates include:

• Mind and Body: The Prospects for Russellian Monism
• Mind in Body: The Scope and Nature of Embodied Cognition
• Consciousness: Representationalism and the Phenomenology of Moods
• Mental Representation: The Project of Naturalization

• The Nature of Mind: The Importance of Consciousness. Preliminary, 200-words descriptions of each chapter, annotated bibliographies for each controversy, and a supplemental guide to further controversies in philosophy of mind (with bibliographies) help provide clearer and richer views of active controversies for all readers.

Autorentext

Uriah Kriegel

Inhalt

Part 1 Mind and Body; Chapter 1 Four Kinds of Russellian Monism, DANIEL STOLJAR; Chapter 2 Russellian Monism and Absolutely Intrinsic Properties, DERK PEREBOOM; Chapter 2a Suggestions for Further Reading; Part 2 Mind in Body; Chapter 3 When Is Cognition Embodied?, LAWRENCE SHAPIRO; Chapter 4 The Bodily Formats Approach to Embodied Cognition, ALVIN I. GOLDMAN; Chapter 4a Suggestions for Further Reading; Part 3 Consciousness; Chapter 5 The Case against Representationalism about Moods, AMY KIND; Chapter 6 Pure Intentionalism about Moods and Emotions, ANGELA MENDELOVICI; Chapter 6a Suggestions for Further Reading; Part 4 Mental Representation; Chapter 7 Two Notions of Mental Representation, URIAH KRIEGEL; Chapter 8 The Sufficiency of Objective Representation, ROBERT D. RUPERT; Chapter 8a Suggestions for Further Reading; Part 5 The Nature of Mind; Chapter 9 Speaking Up for Consciousness, CHARLES SIEWERT; Chapter 10 Materialism and the Epistemic Significance of Consciousness, GEOFFREY LEE; Chapter 10a Suggestions for Further Reading;