Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind (Contemporary Debates in Philosophy)

Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today. Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental, nature of the mental content, and the nature of consciousness Contents......Page 8 Notes on Contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 13 PART I: MENTAL CONTENT......Page 22 IS THERE A VIABLE NOTION OF NARROW MENTAL CONTENT?......Page 24 CHAPTER ONE: Cognitive Content and Propositional Attitude Attributions......Page 26 CHAPTER TWO: There Is No Viable Notion of Narrow Content......Page 41 IS EXTERNALISM ABOUT MENTAL CONTENT COMPATIBLE WITH PRIVILEGED ACCESS?......Page 56 CHAPTER THREE: Externalism and Privileged Access Are Consistent......Page 58 CHAPTER FOUR: Externalism and Privileged Access Are Inconsistent......Page 74 IS THE INTENTIONAL ESSENTIALLY NORMATIVE?......Page 88 CHAPTER FIVE: Resisting Normativism in Psychology......Page 90 CHAPTER SIX: Normativism Defended......Page 106 IS THERE NON-CONCEPTUAL CONTENT?......Page 124 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Revenge of the Given......Page 126 CHAPTER EIGHT: Are There Different Kinds of Content?......Page 138 PART II: PHYSICALISM......Page 160 IS NON-REDUCTIVE MATERIALISM VIABLE?......Page 162 CHAPTER NINE: Everybody Has Got It: A Defense of Non-Reductive Materialism......Page 164 CHAPTER TEN: The Evolving Fortunes of Eliminative Materialism......Page 181 SHOULD PHYSICALISTS BE A PRIORI PHYSICALISTS?......Page 204 CHAPTER ELEVEN: A Priori Physicalism......Page 206 CHAPTER TWELVE: On the Limits of A Priori Physicalism......Page 221 IS THERE AN UNRESOLVED PROBLEM OF MENTAL CAUSATION?......Page 246 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Causation and Mental Causation......Page 248 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Mental Causation, or Something Near Enough......Page 264 PART III: THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN NATURE......Page 286 IS CONSCIOUSNESS ONTOLOGICALLY EMERGENT FROM THE PHYSICAL?......Page 288 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dualist Emergentism......Page 290 CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Against Ontologically Emergent Consciousness......Page 308 ARE PHENOMENAL CHARACTERS AND INTENTIONAL CONTENTS OF EXPERIENCES IDENTICAL?......Page 322 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: New Troubles for the Qualia Freak......Page 324 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A Case for Qualia......Page 340 IS AWARENESS OF OUR MENTAL ACTS A KIND OF PERCEPTUAL CONSCIOUSNESS?......Page 354 CHAPTER NINETEEN: All Consciousness Is Perceptual......Page 356 CHAPTER TWENTY: Mental Action and Self-Awareness (I)......Page 379 Index......Page 398 Mental Content -- Is There A Viable Notion Of Narrow Mental Content? -- Cognitive Content And Propositional Attitude Attributions / Gabriel Segal -- There Is No Viable Notion Of Narrow Content / Sarah Sawyer -- Is Externalism About Mental Content Compatible With Privileged Access? -- Externalism And Privileged Access Are Consistent / Anthony Brueckner -- Externalism And Privileged Access Are Inconsistent / Michael Mckinsey -- Is The Intentional Essentially Normative? -- Resisting Normativism In Psychology / Georges Rey -- Normativism Defended / Ralph Wedgwood -- Is There Non-conceptual Content? -- The Revenge Of The Given / Jerry Fodor -- Are There Different Kinds Of Content? / Richard G. Heck, Jr. -- Physicalism -- Is Non-reductive Materialism Viable? -- Everybody Has Got It : A Defense Of Non-reductive Materialism / Louise Antony -- The Evolving Fortunes Of Eliminative Materialism / Paul M. Churchland -- Should Physicalists Be A Priori Physicalists? -- A Priori Physicalism / Frank Jackson -- On The Limits Of A Priori Physicalism / Brian P. Mclaughlin -- Is There An Unresolved Problem Of Mental Causation? -- Causation And Mental Causation / Jaegwon Kim -- Mental Causation, Or Something Near Enough / Barry Loewer -- The Place Of Consciousness In Nature -- Is Consciousness Ontologically Emergent From The Physical? -- Dualist Emergentism / Martine Nida-rümelin -- Against Ontologically Emergent Consciousness / David Braddon-mitchell -- Are Phenomenal Characters And Intentional Contents Of Experiences Identical? -- New Troubles For The Qualia Freak / Michael Tye -- A Case For Qualia / Sydney Shoemaker -- Is Awareness Of Our Mental Acts A Kind Of Perceptual Consciousness? -- All Consciousness Is Perceptual / Jesse Prinz -- Mental Action And Self-awareness (i) / Christopher Peacocke. Edited By Brian P. Mclaughlin And Jonathan Cohen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today. Ten pairs of specially written essays present substantially opposed perspectives on topics including narrow content, externalism and privileged access, normativity, mental causation, consciousness, qualia, and emergentism. Taken together, the essays provide an engaging and dynamic presentation of the contemporary contours of philosophy of mind, ideal for undergraduate and graduate course use. Book jacket