Persons and Their Minds: A Philosophical Investigation

by Elmer Sprague

Book Overview

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know, ? ?think, ? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813391288
• ISBN13: 9780813391281
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"