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Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

Paul M. Churchland

3.8/5 ( ratings)

In "Matter and Consciousness," Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. This new edition incorporates the striking developments that have taken place in neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence and notes their expanding relevance to philosophical issues.

Churchland organizes and clarifies the new theoretical and experimental results of the natural sciences for a wider philosophical audience, observing that this research bears directly on questions concerning the basic elements of cognitive activity and their implementation in real physical systems. Most significant for philosophy, Churchland asserts, is the support these results tend to give to the reductive and the eliminative versions of materialism.

"A Bradford Book"

Language: English

Pages: 198

Format: Paperback

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Release: January 22, 1988

ISBN: 0262530740

ISBN 13: 9780262530743

Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

Paul M. Churchland

3.8/5 ( ratings)

In "Matter and Consciousness," Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. This new edition incorporates the striking developments that have taken place in neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence and notes their expanding relevance to philosophical issues.

Churchland organizes and clarifies the new theoretical and experimental results of the natural sciences for a wider philosophical audience, observing that this research bears directly on questions concerning the basic elements of cognitive activity and their implementation in real physical systems. Most significant for philosophy, Churchland asserts, is the support these results tend to give to the reductive and the eliminative versions of materialism.

"A Bradford Book"

Language: English

Pages: 198

Format: Paperback

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Release: January 22, 1988

ISBN: 0262530740

ISBN 13: 9780262530743

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