The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Mind (Bloomsbury Companions)

"Featuring thirteen specially commissioned chapters on core subjects, The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Mind is an essential tool for all those studying and working in the field, purpose-built for use on courses in this area of philosophy. Beginning with 'How to Use this Book' the Companion includes overviews of perennial problems and new directions in contemporary philosophy of mind, an extended glossary of terms for quick reference, a detailed chronology, a guide to research for ongoing study and a comprehensive bibliography of key classic and contemporary publications in the philosophy of mind. From new questions concerning qualia, representation, embodiment and cognition to fresh thinking about the long-standing problems of physicalism, dualism, personal identity and mental causation, this book is an authoritative survey of the latest research from experts in one of the most active areas of philosophical inquiry."--Page 4 de la couverture Cover HalfTitle Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Contributors How to Use This Book Introduction Renewal A Useful, Argumentative Companion Topics Overview of the Contributions Problems, Questions, and Concepts in the Philosophy of Mind Consciousness The Mark of the Mental Substance Dualism Physicalism Folk Psychology and Scientifi c Psychology Internalism and Externalism in Mind The Philosophies of Cognitive Science Representation Mental Causation Personal Identity Embodied Cognition and the Extended Mind Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mind 1 Problems, Questions and Concepts in the Philosophy of Mind Introduction Mind and Body Mental Representation Mental Causation Consciousness Conclusion 2 Consciousness What is Consciousness? Reductively Naturalistic Frameworks Arguments For and Against Non-Reductive Naturalism Rethinking Metaphors of Mind 3 The Mark of the Mental Introduction Views of the Mark of the Mental 4 Substance Dualism Introduction What Substance Dualism is Reasons to Suppose Substance Dualism False Reasons to Believe Substance Dualism True Conclusion 5 Physicalism The Domain of Physicalism The Physical 6 Folk Psychology and Scientific Psychology Common Sense Psychology Propositional Attitudes and Intentional Actions Beliefs and Desires as Part of an Intentional Network Folk Theories Davidson’s Philosophy of Mind Davidson and the Causal Requirement Anomalousness and the Holism of the Mental A Priori Principles of Interpretation Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Interpretation: Belief and Meaning An Essentially Third-Person Epistemology of Mind Davidson against Scientific Psychology Dennett on the Intentional and Other Stances Dennett’s Original Position Dennett’s Revised View Fodor’s Intentional Realism Folk Psychology and the Full Extent of Mental Life Our Mentalizing Abilities Consciousness Emotions 7 Internalism and Externalism in Mind Internalism and Externalism: The Basics Kinds of Externalism Kinds of Internalism Metaphysical Considerations Epistemological Considerations Conclusion 8 The Philosophies of Cognitive Science Cognitive Science and Pluralism The Fate of Functionalism Concepts and Connectionism Varieties of Representation The Extended Mind Embodiment, Enactiveness and Phenomenology Consciousness Mind and Life What is Computation? Conclusion 9 Representation Introduction CRTT Referential Opacity Internalist Strategies Externalist Theories Ecumenical Approaches 10 Mental Causation Anomalous Monism and the Problem of Mental Causation Mental Causation and the Exclusion Principle The Metaphysics of Events 11 Personal Identity Why Should Personal Identity Be Philosophically Interesting? Identity and Identifi cation Criteria of Identity What is a Person? Locke’s Criterion of Personal Identity Modifications to Locke’s Criterion Another Circularity Objection to the Neo-Lockean Approach Some Loose Ends and a Brief Conclusion 12 Embodied Cognition and the Extended Mind The Flight from Cartesianism Body Matters Two Kinds of Embodiment From the Parity Principle to Extended Functionalism A Mark of the Cognitive A Parting of the Ways 13 Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mind Physicalism Intentionality and Normativity Concluding Remarks Glossary Chronology Research Resources Notes Bibliography Index