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The human mind is one of the most extraordinary mysteries of the contemporary sciences and philosophy. We know for sure that we have one, and that we have feelings and conscious experience. But why is that? This anthology addresses contemporary issue
Autor:
Steven Horst
An account of scientific laws that vindicates the status of psychological laws and shows natural laws to be compatible with free will.In Laws, Mind, and Free Will, Steven Horst addresses the apparent dissonance between the picture of the natural worl
Toward a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry presents a collection of philosophical and historical papers authored by the psychiatrist Kenneth S. Kendler. Written primarily for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other scholars in the mental health pr
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Fred Stoutland, Jeff Malpas
Fred Stoutland was a major figure in the philosophy of action and philosophy of language. This collection brings together essays on truth, language, action and mind and thus provides an important summary of many key themes in Stoutland's own work, as
Autor:
Eric Margolis, Stephen Laurence
Creations of the Mind presents sixteen original essays by theorists from a wide variety of disciplines who have a shared interest in the nature of artifacts and their implications for the human mind. All the papers are written specially for this volu
Autor:
Eric Margolis, Stephen Laurence
New essays by leading philosophers and cognitive scientists that present recent findings and theoretical developments in the study of concepts. The study of concepts has advanced dramatically in recent years, with exciting new findings and theoretica
The Normative Mind addresses philosophical and scientific issues connected with rule-following and decision-making from the perspectives of philosophy and various sciences. The book examines the diverse relations with rule-following behavior of such
Autor:
Kagan, Jerome
In this thought-provoking book, psychologist Jerome Kagan urges readers to sally forth from their usual comfort zones. He ponders a series of important nodes of debate while challenging us to examine what we know and why we know it. Most critically h
Autor:
Alvin I. Goldman
What distinguishes humankind from other species? A leading candidate is our facility at mutual understanding ('theory of mind'), our ability to ascribe thoughts, desires, and feelings to one another. How do we do this? Folk-wisdom says,'By empathy --
Autor:
Bongrae Seok
This is a book about the body and its amazing contribution to the moral mind. The author focuses on the important roles the body plays in moral cognition. What happens to us when we observe moral violations, make moral judgments and engage in moral a