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Philosophy of Mind: The Basics

Mind and Mentality What is philosophy of mind?An inventory of our mental life PROPOSITIONAL ATTITUDES FEELINGS: MOODS, EMOTIONS, SENSATIONS PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE Other mental states How philosophers study the mind INTROSPECTION PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND THE EMPIRICAL SCIENCES THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS ARGUMENTS EVALUATING ARGUMENTS Theories of mind: a rough overview DUALISM MONISM: IDEALISM, MATERIALISM, AND RUSSELLIAN MONISM THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE What lies ahead Concluding summary Further reading Dualism Cartesian dualism THE ARGUMENT FROM DOUBT ASSESSING THE ARGUMENT FROM DOUBT THE CONCEIVABILITY ARGUMENT ASSESSING THE CONCEIVABILITY ARGUMENT THE DIVISIBILITY ARGUMENT ASSESSING THE DIVISIBILITY ARGUMENT INTERACTIONISM ASSESSING INTERACTIONISM THE PAIRING PROBLEM Contemporary versions of dualism PROPERTY DUALISM THE ZOMBIE ARGUMENT ASSESSING THE ZOMBIE ARGUMENT Concluding summary Further reading Physicalism General motivations for physicalism THE CASE FOR PHYSICALISM SIMPLICITY THE EXPLANATORY POWER OF SCIENCE Different versions of physicalism THE IDENTITY THEORY PROBLEMS FOR THE IDENTITY THEORY ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM PROBLEMS FOR ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM General problems for physicalism THE BAT ARGUMENT ASSESSING THE BAT ARGUMENT THE KNOWLEDGE ARGUMENT ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE ARGUMENT WORRIES ABOUT THE COHERENCE OF THE NOTION OF QUALIA HEMPEL'S DILEMMA Concluding remarks Further reading Functionalism The roots of functionalism BEHAVIORISM MORALS FROM BEHAVIORISM AND THE IDENTITY THEORY What is functionalism?FUNCTIONALIST SPECIFICATIONS OF MENTAL STATES IS FUNCTIONALISM A VERSION OF PHYSICALISM?Assessing functionalism: considerations in favor MULTIPLE REALIZABILITY AND INTERDEFINABILITY TWO FURTHER ADVANTAGES Assessing functionalism: problems THE ABSENT QUALIA OBJECTION ASSESSING THE ABSENT QUALIA OBJECTION A BRIEF ASIDE: DOES FUNCTIONALISM ENTAIL THAT THE UNITED STATES IS CONSCIOUS?THE INVERTED QUALIA OBJECTION ASSESSING THE INVERTED QUALIA OBJECTION WEAKENING THE THEORY?Concluding remarks Further reading Machine Minds Animal mentality Can machines think?THE TURING TEST IS THE TEST HUMANCENTRIC?THE SEAGULL TEST ORIGINALITY THE ARGUMENT FROM CONSCIOUSNESS THE CHINESE ROOM THOUGHT EXPERIMENT THE SYSTEMS REPLY THE LUMINOUS ROOM THE ROBOT REPLY THE CHINESE ROOM AND FUNCTIONALISM Can machines feel?AN ANSWER FROM SCIENCE FICTION WHAT ARE EMOTIONS?EMOTIONS AS BODILY RESPONSES MACHINES AND THE BODILY RESPONSE THEORY EMOTIONS AS JUDGMENTS MACHINES AND THE JUDGMENT THEORY A TEST FOR MACHINE EMOTIONS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THINKING AND EMOTION Concluding remarks Further reading The Future of the Mind Mind extensions VARIETIES OF EXTERNALISM THE CASE OF OTTO THE EXTENDED MIND ARGUMENT FOUR CONDITIONS OBJECTIONS TO PREMISE 1 OBJECTIONS TO PREMISE 2 Mind uploading TECHNOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FEASIBILITY DIFFERENT KINDS OF UPLOADING UPLOADING AND CONSCIOUSNESS UPLOADING AND PERSONAL IDENTITY Mind mergers A REAL-LIFE CASE?THE UNITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS THE CONCEPTUAL POSSIBILITY OF MIND MERGERS THE TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITY OF MIND MERGERS ASIDE: BREAKDOWNS IN UNITY?Concluding remarks Further reading Glossary Bibliography

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What is the connection between philosophy of mind and philosophy of language in analytic philosophy?
Their development has been intertwined since the end of the behaviorist explanation of language learning. The new field of cognitive science, which arose from Noam Chomsky's (1929-) philosophical treatment of linguistics that disproved behaviorism, shows how philosophy of language is connected to philosophy...
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The Principles of Intentionality in Aquinas’s Philosophy of Mind
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From Ontology to the Philosophy of Mind
In reconstructing Aquinas’s take on issues in the philosophy of mind, philosophers must begin with his account of the fundamental category in his metaphysics, which is the primary substance. Aquinas’s ontology is a world of individuals—a world, nonetheless, of individuals grouped as members of...
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Philosophy of Mind and Time
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Although the book cover and content of Hegel’s Philosophy of Mind (Hegel and Miller 1971) show a strong resemblance to those of Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature (Hegel and Miller 1970) and Hegel’s Logic (Hegel and Findlay 1975) published in the same series, the translation project...
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What is philosophy of mind?
Philosophy of mind sits at the intersection of two big sub-fields of philosophy — metaphysics and epistemology. In metaphysics we take up questions about reality, and more specifically, about its structure and nature. We normally accept the existence of things like tables and trees and...
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