this is a brilliant collection of essays and later reflections by a central figure in philosophy of mind.
Mohan Matthen, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Foundations of Mind collects the essays which established Tyler Burge as a leading philosopher of mind. This second volume of his papers offers nineteen pieces published between 1975 and 2003, including the influential series that develops anti-individualism. Burge contributes three essay-length postscripts, a substantial new paper on consciousness, and an introduction which surveys his work in this area. The foundations that Burge reflects on are conditions in the individual or the wider world that determine the natures of mental kinds. The conditions include causal, social, psychological conditions, and conditions of phenomenal consciousness. Some of these are basic conditions under which minds are possible. The book is essential reading for philosophers of mind, and should engage a wider public interested in basic philosophical issues.
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Presents nineteen essays published between 1975 and 2003, including the authors' series on individualism. This volume covers themes such as knowledge and belief, language and meaning, causation and consciousness and is intended for the philosophers who work on the mind.
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Preface ; Introduction ; 1. On Knowledge and Convention (1975) ; 2. Kaplan, Quine, and Suspended Belief (1977) ; 3. Belief De Re (1977) ; 4. Postscript: Belief De Re (2006) ; 5. Other Bodies (1982) ; 6. Individualism and the Mental (1979) ; 7. Postscript: Individualism and the Mental (2006) ; 8. Two Thought Experiments Reviewed (1982) ; 9. Cartesian Error and the Objectivity of Perception (1986) ; 10. Authoritative Self-Knowledge and Perceptual Individualism (1988) ; 11. Individualism and Psychology (1986) ; 12. Intellectual Norms and Foundations of Mind (1986) ; 13. Wherein Is Language Social? (1989) ; 14. Concepts, Definitions, and Meaning (1993) ; 15. Social Anti-Individualism, Objective Reference (2003) ; 16. Individuation and Causation in Psychology (1989) ; 17. Intentional Properties and Causation (1995) ; 18. Mind-Body Causation and Explanatory Practice (1993) ; 19. Postscript: Mind-Body Causation and Explanatory Practice (2006) ; 20. Two Kinds of Consciousness (1995 in German; 1997 in English) ; 21. Further Thoughts on Two Kinds of Consciousness (2006) ; 22. Descartes on Anti-Individualism (2003, slightly supplemented 2006) ; 23. Philosophy of Mind: 1950-2000 (1992, addenda 2005) ; Bibliography ; Author index ; Subject index
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More than 25 years' work on the mind from one of the world's most eminent philosophers
Includes four new specially written pieces
Will be required reading for all philosophers working on mind and knowledge
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More than 25 years' work on the mind from one of the world's most eminent philosophers
Includes four new specially written pieces
Will be required reading for all philosophers working on mind and knowledge
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Product details
ISBN
9780199216239
Published
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
758 gr
Height
233 mm
Width
156 mm
Thickness
28 mm
Age
UU, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
510
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