{"product_id":"mental-causation-and-the-metaphysics-of-mind-9781551115092","title":"Mental Causation and the Metaphysics of Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince Descartes’s division of the human subject into mental and physical components in the seventeenth century, there has been a great deal of discussion about how—indeed, whether or not—our mental states bring about our physical behavior. Through historical and contemporary readings, this collection explores this lively and important issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn four parts, this anthology introduces the problem of mental causation, explores the debate sparked by Donald Davidson’s anomalous monism, examines Frank Jackson’s knowledge argument for the view that qualia are epiphenomenal, and investigates attempts to employ the controversial concept of supervenience to explain mental causation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a judiciously selected collection of classic readings on the metaphysics of mental causation. After furnishing just enough historical background, the anthology concentrates on three fundamental issues: the causal role of reasons as debated in the context of Donald Davidson’s ‘anomalous monism’; the ‘epiphenomenalist’ status of ‘qualia’ implied by Frank Jackson’s controversial ‘knowledge argument’ against physicalism; and the prospects for a supervenience-based account of mental causation. The result of this at once highly selective and in-depth approach is a thematically unified collection of important writings which is not only pedagogically sound but also useful as reference material for the professional philosopher.” — Ausonio Marras, University of Western Ontario\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Historical Background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSixth Meditation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRené Descartes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePassions of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRené Descartes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and its History”\u003cbr\u003eT.H. Huxley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Automaton-Theory”\u003cbr\u003eWilliam James\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Anomalous Monism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Mental Events”\u003cbr\u003eDonald Davidson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Actions, Reasons, and Humean Causes”\u003cbr\u003ePeter H. Hess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Hess on Reasons and Causes”\u003cbr\u003ePeter Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“The Argument for Anomalous Monism”\u003cbr\u003eTed Honderich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Bad News for Anomalous Monism?”\u003cbr\u003ePeter Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Anomalous Monism: Reply to Smith”\u003cbr\u003eTed Honderich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Anomalous Monism and Epiphenomenalism:\u003cbr\u003eA Reply to Honderich”\u003cbr\u003ePeter Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Smith and the Champion of Mauve”\u003cbr\u003eTed Honderich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Thinking Causes”\u003cbr\u003eDonald Davidson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Can Supervenience and ‘Non-Strict Laws’ SaveAnomalous Monism?”\u003cbr\u003eJaegwon Kim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Qualia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Epiphenomenal Qualia”\u003cbr\u003eFrank Jackson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Jackson on Physical Information and Qualia”\u003cbr\u003eTerence Horgan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Physicalism and the Cognitive Role of Acquaintance”\u003cbr\u003eLaurence Nemirow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Reduction, Qualia, and the Direct Introspectionof Brain States”\u003cbr\u003ePaul M. Churchland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Physicalism and Phenomenal Properties”\u003cbr\u003eEarl Conee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“What Mary Didn’t Know”\u003cbr\u003eFrank Jackson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“‘Epiphenomenal’ Qualia?”\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Dennett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Supervenience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Concepts of Supervenience”\u003cbr\u003eJaegwon Kim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Epiphenomenal and Supervenient Causation”\u003cbr\u003eJaegwon Kim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Mind-Body Interaction and Supervenient Causation”\u003cbr\u003eErnest Sosa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“From Supervenience to Superdupervenience:\u003cbr\u003eMeeting the Demands of a Material World”\u003cbr\u003eTerence Horgan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041305854295,"sku":"9781551115092","price":44.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551115092.jpg?v=1750949741","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mental-causation-and-the-metaphysics-of-mind-9781551115092","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}