Body and Mind: Second Edition

by Keith Campbell

Book Overview

Widely used in philosophy courses, this succinct study explores the problem of determining the relation between the body and mind. In that philosophy seeks to elucidate man's place and action in nature, Campbell asserts that our assessment of the body-mind problem affects our perspectives on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the natural sciences.

After discussing how the body-mind problem developed, Campbell sets forth four incompatible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268006725
• ISBN13: 9780268006723
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Intro to the Mind-Body Problem

I was required to read Body and Mind for my undergraduate cognitive science class. This book presents a very good, but sometimes dated, introduction to the classical mind-body problem of philosophy. It outlines the paradox of mind-body reasoning and goes over most of the potential solutions. His conclusion at the end is probably a bit presumptuous and unreasonable (he favors epiphenomenalism), but his critical discussion of the various theories is very good. I would very highly recommend this book for an introduction to the mind-body problem.