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philosophy.qxd:philosophy.qxd 5/28/08 11:27 AM Page 1 C A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO B R O A D V I E W G U I D E S T O A A B R I E F I N T R O D U C T I O N T O THE PHILOSOPHY P H I L O S O P H Y M THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND P OF MIND B E L This electronic material is under L copyright protection and is N E I L C A M P B E L L “NeilCampbell'slatestbookisaterrificintroductiontocontemporaryphilosophicalapproaches provided to a single recipient tothemind-bodyproblem.Heclearlymapsoutthelandscapeofontologicaltheoriesand for review purposes only. conciselyexplainsthecentralargumentsforandagainsteachposition.Campbellgoesoutof hiswaytointroducecorephilosophicalnotionsandtechniquesofgeneralapplication,sothat evenreaderswithalimitedbackgroundinphilosophycanunderstandhisexplanations.” ThomasW.Polger,UniversityofCinncinati “Thisbookoffersanexceptionallylucidsurveyofthecentralpositionsonthemind-body TA problemandthechallengeseachofthemfaceswithrespecttotheproblemsofmentalcausation, H phenomenalconsciousness,andintentionalcontent.Complexconceptsandissuesareexplained EB R inaconciseandincisivewaywithoutsacrificeofaccuracy,andconflictingpositionsaregiven PI evenlysympathetictreatment.Allinallthisisanexcellentintroductiontothephilosophyofmind.” HE F AusonioMarras,UniversityofWesternOntario I LI ON “Inthisrefreshinglynon-polemicalsurveyofthemajortheoriesofmind,Campbellmanages ST toberigorouswithoutbeingoverlytechnical.Whilemovingswiftlythroughthetopics,he OR alsoshowsexcellentjudgmentinknowingexactlywhentopausetogointomoredetail. O P Thephilosophicaltermsarehelpfullyandcarefullydefinedthroughout,andthereisalways HD anexamplejustwhereoneisneeded.” YU AmyKind,ClaremontMcKennaCollege C O T FI O One of the most profound philosophical problems is the nature of mind and its relationship to MN the body. A Brief Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind provides an introduction, written in I NT clearlanguage,tothevarioustheoriesofthemind-bodyrelationship,aswellasahostofrelated DO philosophicaldiscussionsaboutmindandconsciousness. Thecentraltheories,suchasCartesianDualism,parallelism,epiphenomenalism,andsupervenience amongothers,arepresentedinhistoricalorder.Theirclaims,theirstrengthsandweaknesses,and how they ultimately relate to one another and to other philosophical questions are explored objectively,allowingreaderstodecideforthemselveswhichtheoriesarebest. NNeeiill CCaammppbbeellll is an Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo. He has published numerous articles in philosophy of mind, is the editor of Freedom, Determinism, and Responsibility: Readings in Metaphysics(Prentice Hall, 2003) and Mental Causation and the Metaphysics of Mind (Broadview Press, 2003). ISBN 1-55111-617-0 BROADVIEW GUIDES TO b PHILOSOPHY ro N E I L C A M P B E L L Cover: painting by Milo Dlouhy, design by Lisa Brawn. a d v ie w w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m B R O A D V I E W G U I D E S T O P H I L O S O P H Y POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page i Review Copy A B I RIEF NTRODUCTION P M TO THE HILOSOPHY OF IND POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page ii Review Copy POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page iii Review Copy A B R I E F I N T RO D U C T I O N TO T H E PH I LO S O PH Y O F M I N D by NEIL CAMPBELL broadview guides to philosophy POM 11/10/04 10:19 AM Page iv Review Copy © Neil Campbell All rights reserved.The use ofany part ofthis publication reproduced,transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,or stored in a retrieval system,without prior written consent ofthe publisher—or in the case ofphotocopying, a licence from Access Copyright (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency),One Yonge Street, Suite ,Toronto,ON —is an infringement ofthe copyright law. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Campbell,Neil,– A briefintroduction to the philosophy ofmind / by Neil Campbell. (Broadview guides to philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN--- .Philosophy ofmind. I.Title. II.Series. BD..C ’. C-- Broadview Press Ltd.is an independent,international publishing house,incorporated in . Broadview believes in shared ownership,both with its employees and with the general public; since the year Broadview shares have traded publicly on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the symbol . 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POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page vi Review Copy POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page vii Review Copy C ONTENTS Preface............................................................................... Introduction..................................................................... Chapter : Dualism........................................................ Chapter : Behaviourism............................................... Chapter : Type Identity Theory................................... Chapter : Functionalism.............................................. Chapter : Anomalous Monism.................................. Chapter : Eliminative Materialism............................ Chapter : Supervenience............................................ Chapter : Mental Content.......................................... Chapter : The Problem ofQualia.............................. Index............................................................................. ■ ■ POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page viii Review Copy POM 11/10/04 8:20 AM Page 1 Review Copy P REFACE This text is designed for use in introductory courses in the philosophy ofmind.It can be used either as the primary text or,ideally,as a companion to a collection of readings. Philosophy of mind is an intriguing part of philosophy,but the central works are often dense and philosophically advanced,for they were not written with the typical under- graduate student in mind.Thus,there is a genuine need for a text that can guide students through the philosophical terrain and offer clear explanations of the central theories and debates that make up this fascinating topic.My hope is that this text will fill this need.Since the central mind-body theo- ries are covered,this book should be a fine complement to virtually any anthology or custom-made collection of read- ings.I hope you have as much fun reading this book as I had writing it. I would like to express my gratitude to the fine people who work at Broadview Press for making the production of this ■ ■
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