A Pluralist Theory of the Mind

By David Ludwig

Book Overview

Introduction.- Pluralism and Scientific Practice.- Beyond Placement Problems.- A Historical Diagnosis.- Part I In Defense of Conceptual Relativity.- Conceptual Relativity in Philosophy.- Conceptual Relativity in Science.- The Demarcation Problem of Conceptual Relativity.- Part II From Conceptual Relativity to Vertical Pluralism.- The Argument from Horizontal Pluralism.- The Argument from Ontological Non-Fundamentalism.- Part III Beyond the Mind-Body Problem.- Consciousness.- Beyond Dualism and Physicalism.- Mental Causation.- Epilogue: Metaphysics in a Complex World.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319227378
• ISBN13: 9783319227375
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"