{"product_id":"philosophy-of-mind-and-cognition-isbn-9781405133241","title":"Philosophy of Mind and Cognition","description":"David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson’s popular introduction to philosophy of mind and cognition is now available in a fully revised and updated edition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnsures that the most recent developments in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science are brought together into a coherent, accessible whole.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevisions respond to feedback from students and teachers and make the volume even more useful for courses.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew material includes: a section on Descartes’ famous objection to materialism; extended treatment of connectionism; coverage of the view that psychology is autonomous; fuller discussion of recent debates over phenomenal experience; and much more.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: From Dualism to Common-sense Functionalism\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Flight from Dualism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Issue Between Dualism and Materialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupervenience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossible Worlds: An Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Behaviourism and Beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Case for Behaviourism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodological and Revisionary Behaviourism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems for Behaviourism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Path to Functionalism via a Causal Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Causal Theory of Mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Common-sense Functionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Realizability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommon-sense Functionalism Expounded.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterconnections without Circularity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehaviour Characterized in Terms of Environmental Impact.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does Common Sense Say about the Mind?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Rivals and Objections\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Theory of Reference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Description Theory of Reference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Causal Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Necessary A Posteriori.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Empirical Functionalisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommon-sense Functional Roles as a Reference-fixing Device.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChauvinism and Empirical Functionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Identity Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Identity Theory and Functionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Early Objections to the Identity Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToken–Token versus Type–Type Identity Theories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssentialism about Psychological States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Four Challenges to Functionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe China Brain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chinese Room.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlockhead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Zombie Objection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Phenomenal Qualities and Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Question of Qualia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentationalism and Perceptual Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Instrumentalism and Interpretationism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstrumentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretationism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: About Content\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Language of Thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Language of Thought Hypothesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Map Alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is the Problem of Content?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Map Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Internal Sentence Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems for the Map-system Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems and Questions for the Internal Sentence Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Connectionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnectionism and the Map-system Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Broad and Narrow Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrow Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroad Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeflationism about Broad Content versus Scepticism about Narrow Content.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Explaining Behaviour: Eliminativism and Realism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Eliminative Materialism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Case for Eliminativism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Functionalist Reply to Eliminativism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Kinds and Scientific Reductions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Psychological Explanation and Common-sense Functionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Questions for Common-sense Functionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \"This new edition of Braddon-Mitchell and Jackson's already excellent textbook will be a very welcome addition to the philosophy of mind literature.\" \u003ci\u003eSimon Prosser, University of St Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDavid Braddon-Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He has published widely in philosophy of mind and metaphysics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eConditionals\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1987) and his John Locke Lectures were published as \u003ci\u003eFrom Metaphysics to Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e  This is a fully revised and updated edition of David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson’s popular and respected introduction to philosophy of mind and cognition. The revisions are designed to make the volume even more useful for teachers and students, and to keep it current, ensuring that the most recent developments in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science are brought together into a coherent, accessible whole.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew material includes: a section on some of Descartes’ famous objections to materialism along with a discussion of the objection from Gödel’s theorem; substantial additions to the discussion of qualia including a discussion of representationalist accounts of experience and of the zombie argument; additional coverage of the view that psychology is autonomous; a new substantial chapter on connectionism and its bearing on the language of thought debate; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989781233893,"sku":"NP9781405133241","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405133241.jpg?v=1761785444","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/philosophy-of-mind-and-cognition-isbn-9781405133241","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}