Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: 1638-1651

By Georges Rey

Book Overview

This is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the book focuses on the controversial eliminativist and instrumentalist attacks - from the likes of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on the ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, the author offers an explication and defence of mental realism, and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of the ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631190716
• ISBN13: 9780631190714
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"