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Mental Causation Hardback -
by John Heil (Editor); Alfred Mele (Editor)
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- Title Mental Causation
- Author John Heil (Editor); Alfred Mele (Editor)
- Binding Hardback
- Edition Text is Free of
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarendon Press , New York, NY
- Publication date pp. 356
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6495971
- ISBN 9780198239291 / 0198239297
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.94 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.39 cm)
- Reading level 1420
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Category Philosophy
- Library of Congress subjects Mind and body, Philosophy of mind
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92022764
- Dewey Decimal Code 128.2
- Quantity available 4
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Common sense and philosophical tradition agree that mind makes a difference. What we do depends not only on how our bodies are put together, but also on what we think. Explaining how mind can make a difference has proved challenging, however. Some have urged that the project faces an insurmountable dilemma: either we concede that mentalistic explanations of behaviour have only a pragmatic standing, or we abandon our conception of the physical domain as causally autonomous. Although each option has its advocates, most theorists have sought a middle way that accommodates both the common-sense view of mind and the metaphysical conviction about the physical world. This volume presents a collection of new, specially written essays by a diverse group of philosophers, each of whom is widely known for defending a particular conception of minds and their place in nature.
