The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind presents a guide on the philosophy of mind. The study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neuroscience. A leading international team of contributors offer forty-five critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mind. The first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousness. The third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionality. The fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion. The fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other minds. The volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agency. This Is The Most Authoritative And Comprehensive Guide Ever Published To The State Of The Art In Philosophy Of Mind, A Flourishing Area Of Research. An Outstanding Team Of Contributors Offer 45 New Critical Surveys Of A Wide Range Of Topics. Pt. 1. The Place Of Mind In Nature. Mental Causation / Jaegwon Kim -- The Causal Closure Of The Physical And Naturalism / David Papineau -- Dualism / E.j. Lowe -- Epiphenomenalism / Sven Walter -- Anomalous Monism / Julie Yoo -- Non-reductive Materialism / Lynne Rudder Baker -- Functionalism / Robert Van Gulick -- What Is Property Physicalism? / Ansgar Beckermann -- What Is The Physical? / Barbara Montero -- Idealism / Howard Robinson -- Panpsychism / William Seager -- Pt. 2. The Nature Of Consciousness And The Place Of Consciousness In Nature. Subjectivity / John Perry -- Higher-order Theories Of Consciousness / David M. Rosenthal -- Representationalist Theories Of Consciousness / Michael Tye -- Sensory Qualities, Sensible Qualities, Sensational Qualities / Alex Byrne -- The Explanatory Gap / Joseph Levine -- Phenomenal Concepts / Katalin Balog -- The Two-dimensional Argument Against Materialism / David J. Chalmers --^ Pt. 3. Intentionality And Theories Of Mental Content. Intentional Systems Theory / Daniel Dennett -- Wide Content / Frances Egan -- Narrow Content / Gabriel Segal -- Information-theoretic Semantics / Fred Dretske -- Biosemantics / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- A Measurement-theoretic Account Of Propositional Attitudes / Robert J. Matthews -- The Normativity Of The Intentional / Ralph Wedgwood -- Concepts And Possession Conditions / Christopher Peacocke -- The Distinction Between Conceptual And Nonconceptual Content / José Luis Bermúdez -- Intentionalism / Tim Crane -- The Content Of Perceptual Experience / Michelle Montague -- Phenomenology, Intentionality, And The Unity Of The Mind / George Graham, Terence Horgan, And John Tienson -- Pt. 4. Self, Unity Of Consciousness, And Personal Identity. The Self / Galen Strawson -- Unity Of Consciousness / Paul Raymont And Andrew Brook -- Personal Identity And Metaphysics / Tamar Szabó Gendler --^ Pt. 5. A Variety Of Mental Abilities. Imagination / Colin Mcginn -- Thinking / Louise Antony -- Language And Thought / John Heil -- Consciousness And Reference / John Campbell -- Memory / Krista Lawlor -- Emotions : Motivating Feelings / Jesse Prinz -- Intention And Intentional Action / Alfred Mele -- Pt. 6. Epistemic Issues. Folk Psychology / Adam Morton -- Other Minds / Anita Avramides -- Introspection / Cynthia Macdonald -- Semantic Externalism And Self-knowledge / Jessica Brown -- Self-deception / Kent Bach. Edited By Brian P. Mclaughlin With Ansgar Beckermann And Sven Walter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neuroscience. Oxford University Press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mind. An outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mind. The first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousness. The third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionality. The fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion. The fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other minds. The volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agency. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing field.