Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science, and the Mind (The Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy and History of Science)

Leading scholars in the fields of philosophy and the sciences of the mind have contributed to this newest volume in the prestigious Pittsburgh-Konstanz series. Among the problem areas discussed are folk psychology, meanings as conceptual structures, functional and qualitative properties of colors, the role of conscious mental states, representation and mental content, the impact of connectionism on the philosophy of the mind, and supervenience, emergence, and realization. Most of the essays are followed by commentaries that reflect ongoing debates in the philosophy of the mind and often develop a counterpoint to the claims of the essayists. Folk Psychology And Its Liabilities / William Lycan -- The Empirical Naivete Of The Current Philosophical Conception Of Folk Psychology / Barbara Von Eckardt -- Philosophy And Folk Psychology / John Haugeland -- Meanings As Conceptual Structures / Peter Gärdenfors -- Comment On Gärdenfors' Meanings As Conceptual Structures / Hans Rott -- Reinverting The Spectrum / C.l. Hardin -- Explanations Of Colors : A Comment To Hardin / Peter Machamer -- Is The Naturalization Of Qualitative Experience Possible Or Sensible? / Maritine Nida-rümelin -- Comment On Nida-rümelin's Paper Is The Naturalization Of Qualitative Experience Possible Or Sensible? / Holm Tetens -- Explaining Voluntary Action : The Role Of Mental Content / Wolfgang Prinz -- The Conscious And The Non-conscious : Philosophical Implications Of Neuropsychology / Ran Lahav -- On The Difficulty Of Keeping Consciousness Intact : Lahav On Conscious Integration And Causality / Martin Carrier -- On Cognitive Luck : Externalism In An Evolutionary Frame / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- Fitting The Frame To The Picture : Comments On Millikan's Cognitive Luck : Externalism In An Evolutionary Frame / Bradley E. Wilson -- Animal Cognition And Animal Minds / Colin Allen -- Connectionism, Dynamics, And The Philosophy Of Mind / Tim Van Gelder -- Supervenience, Emergence, And Realization In The Philosophy Of Mind / Jaegwon Kim -- Comment On J. Kim's Supervenience, Emergence And Realization In The Philosophy Of Mind / Paul Hoyningen-huene -- Property Physicalism, Reduction And Realization / Ansgar Beckermann -- Over Hundred Years Of Psychoanalytic Theory And Therapy : Retrospect And Prospect / Adolf Grünbaum. Edited By Martin Carrier And Peter K. Machamer. The Present Volume Has Grown Out Of The Third Pittsburgh-konstanz Colloquium Held In Konstanz, May 17-20, 1995--p. [i]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This volume from the Pittsburgh-Konstanz series, covers topics such as folk psychology, meanings as conceptual structures, functional and qualitative properties of colours, role of conscious mental states, representation and mental context, and the impact of connectionism.