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Book SynopsisAndrew Bailey is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Trade ReviewTop-notch contributors weigh in on an excellent selection of key figures bookended by Bailey’s own excellent overviews. This volume is a must read for anyone who wants to get up to speed on both the history and the cutting edge in the philosophy of mind. * Pete Mandik, Professor of Philosophy, William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA *
Philosophy of Mind: The Key Thinkers provides a unique entry to current philosophy of mind. By focusing on "key thinkers" rather than the typical topics based approach, we see the core problems and their development in a fresh light. The book also provides delightful digressions into the biographies and personalities of some of these philosophers. * William Seager, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada *
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 1. Introduction: 90 Years of Philosophy of Mind
Andrew Bailey 2. Decoding René Descartes’ ‘Myth’ of Mind
Patricia Easton 3. Edmund Husserl and Phenomenology
Dermot Moran 4. Maurice Merleau-Ponty: A Phenomenological Philosophy of Mind and Body
Sara Heinämaa 5. Gilbert Ryle and Logical Behaviourism
William Lyons 6. The Contributions of U.T. Place, H. Feigl, and J.J.C. Smart to the Identity Theory of Consciousness
Brian P. McLaughlin and Ronald Planer 7. David Lewis, David Armstrong, and the Causal Theory of the Mind
David Braddon-Mitchell 8. Hilary Putnam and Computational Functionalism
Oron Shagrir 9. Jerry Fodor and the Representational Theory of Mind
Matthew Katz 10. Donald Davidson, Daniel Dennett, and the Origins of the Normative Model of the Mind
Andrew Brook 11. Tracking Representationalism: William Lycan, Fred Dretske, and Michael Tye
David Bourget and Angela Mendelovici 12. The Neurophilosophies of Patricia and Paul Churchland
John Bickle 13. Andy Clark, Antonio Damasio, and Embodied Cognition
Monica Cowart 14. David Chalmers on Mind and Consciousness
Richard Brown 15. Postscript: Philosophy of Mind—The Next Ten Years?
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