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_aRobinson, Howard _9374794 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aFrom the knowledge argument to mental substance: resurrecting the mind |
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_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2016 |
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| 300 | _axiv, 270 p. | ||
| 504 | _aTable of Contents Part I - The power of the knowledge argument pp 1-144 Get access Export citation 1 - Introducing the knowledge argument 2 - Dennett’s denial of Mary’s ignorance 3 - The abilities hypothesis and other functionalist strategies 4 - Why Frank should not have jilted Mary 5 - The phenomenal concept strategy 6 - Davidson, non-reductive physicalism and naturalism without physicalism 7 - Mysterianism, neutral monism and panpsychism 8 - Conclusion Part II - Why physicalism entails epiphenomenalism 9 - Reductionism and the status of the special sciences 10 - Vagueness, realism, language and thought 11 - Composite objects, the special sciences, conceptualism and realism 12 - Why there are (probably) no physical individuals 13 - Dennett and the human perspective Part III - Arguments for mental substance 14 - Some current arguments for substance dualism 15 - An argument for the existence of mental substance 16 - Plotinus,Lockeand Humeon the unity of individual substances | ||
| 520 | _aThis book presents a strong case for substance dualism and offers a comprehensive defense of the knowledge argument, showing that materialism cannot accommodate or explain the 'hard problem' of consciousness. Bringing together the discussion of reductionism and semantic vagueness in an original and illuminating way, Howard Robinson argues that non-fundamental levels of ontology are best treated by a conceptualist account, rather than a realist one. In addition to discussing the standard versions of physicalism, he examines physicalist theories such as those of McDowell and Price, and accounts of neutral monism and panpsychism from Strawson, McGinn and Stoljar. He also explores previously unnoticed historical parallels between Frege and Aristotle, and between Hume and Plotinus. His book will be a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students of philosophy of mind, in particular those looking at consciousness, dualism, and the mind-body problem. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/from-the-knowledge-argument-to-mental-substance/321674C1D98D68560EF85DFFA1825085#fndtn-contents | ||
| 650 | _aPhilosophy of mind | ||
| 650 | _aKnowledge - Theory | ||
| 650 | _aMaterialism | ||
| 650 | _aPhysicalism | ||
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