Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World
Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World
Marcelo Sabates , Kansas State University
David Sosa , University of Texas, Austin
How does mind fit into nature? Philosophy has long been concerned with this question. No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify it than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work. The chapters cluster around two themes: first, exclusion, supervenience, and reduction, with attention to the causal exclusion argument for which Kim is widely celebrated; and second, phenomenal consciousness and qualia, with attention to the prospects for a functionalist account of the mental. This volume is sure to become a major focus of attention and research in the disciplines of metaphysics and philosophy of mind.
- Centered on one of the major figures in philosophy of mind of the last few decades
- Includes new contributions from an outstanding line-up of distinguished scholars
- Focuses on a coherent set of issues that enables more in-depth treatment
Product details
December 2016Paperback
9781107434882
282 pages
230 × 152 × 15 mm
0.42kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Reality and reduction: what's really at stake in the causal exclusion debate Louise Antony
- 2. Two property theories and the causal conundrum for physicalism Frank Jackson
- 3. Mental causation: the free lunch Barry Loewer
- 4. Does mental causation require psychophysical identities? Brian McLaughlin
- 5. The Canberra plan neglects ground Ned Block
- 6. Microrealization and the mental Sydney Shoemaker
- 7. Supervenience and the causal explanation of behavior Fred Dretske
- 8. Visual awareness and visual qualia Christopher Hill
- 9. Phenomenal externalism, Lolita, and the planet Xenon Michael Tye
- 10. Troubles for radical transparency James Van Cleve
- 11. How theories work: open questions for methodological philosophy of science Lawrence Sklar.
