The Engines of the Soul

W. D. Hart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-10769-3 (ISBN)

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This study is an unusual contribution to the philosophy of mind in that it argues for the sometimes unfashionable view of dualism: that mind and matter are distinct and separate entities as Descartes believed. The author takes as his point of departure the imaginative hypothesis of disembodiment, which establishes the possibility of the mind's being a quite non-material thing. There are clear casual correlations between what is physical and what is mental, and the most serious issue confronting dualism since Descartes has been how such an interaction is possible. Dr Hart sets out to answer this question by showing that the issue is as much about the nature of causation as it is about the natures of mind and matter.

1. The problem; 2. The knowledge of possibility; 3. More on imagination and modality; 4. The senses, part I; 5. Causation; 6. Quantity; 7. Desire; 8. Belief; 9. Psychic energy; 10. The senses, part II; 11. Propositional attitudes; 12. Action.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.2.2009
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	270 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	0-521-10769-5 / 0521107695
ISBN-13	978-0-521-10769-3 / 9780521107693
Zustand	Neuware