Description
Philosophy of mind is one of the core disciplines in philosophy. The questions that it deals with are profound, vexed and intriguing. This volume of 15 new cutting-edge essays gives young researchers a chance to stir up new ideas. The topics covered include the nature of consciousness, cognition, and action.
Table of Contents
Series Editors' Preface Notes on Contributors PART I: METAPHYSICS OF MIND 1. The Cartesian Argument Against Physicalism; Philip Goff 2. A Call for Modesty: A Priori Philosophy and the Mind-Body Problem; Eric Funkhouser 3. Verbs and Minds; Carrie Figdor 4. Meanings and Methodologies; Justin C. Fisher 5. Entangled Externalisms, Mark Sprevak and Jesper Kallestrup 6. The Phenomenal Basis of Epistemic Justification; Declan Smithies 7. The Metaphysics of Mind and the Multiple Sources of Multiple Realizability; Gualtiero Piccinini and Corey J. Maley 8. The Real Trouble with Armchair Arguments Against Phenomenal Externalism; Adam Pautz PART II: MIND AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE 9. Problems and Possibilities for Empirically-Informed Philosophy of Mind; Elizabeth Irvine 10. Psychological Explanation, Ontological Commitment, and the Semantic View of Theories; Colin Klein 11. Naturalizing Action Theory; Bence Nanay 12. The Architecture of Higher Thought; Daniel A. Weiskopf 13. Significance Testing in Neuroimagery; Edouard Machery 14. Lack of Imagination: Individual Differences in Mental Imagery and the Significance of Consciousness; Ian Phillips 15. A Beginner's Guide to Group Minds; Georg Theiner Index
