The Representational Theory of Mind: An IntroductionISBN: 978-0-631-16498-2
Paperback
268 pages
January 1991, Wiley-Blackwell
This is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 10-15 days delivery time. The book is not returnable.
|
This book is not a conventional introduction to the philosophy of
mind, nor is it a contribution to the physicalist/ dualist debate.
Instead The Representational Theory of Mind demonstrates
that we can construct physicalist theories of important aspects of
our mental life. Its aim is to explain and defend a physicalist
theory of intelligence in two parts: the first six chapters consist
of an exposition, elaboration and defence of human sentience (the
functionalist theory of mind), and the second part considers rivals
and objections to this theory.
Kim Sterelny aims to introduce people to this area of philosophy be exemplifying it, to show that philosophical and empirical investigations can be synthesized to the benefit of both. It is both introduction and argument, explanation and manifesto and succeeds in bridging the widening gap between student primer and contemporary research. Technical vocabulary is explained (and defined in a glossary) while the leading edge of current debates is confronted and assessed. This book has been written for people working in philosophy, psychology and the cognitive sciences.