Synopses & Reviews
First published in 1990,
Mind and Cognition: An Anthologyis now firmly established as a popular teaching apparatus for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of mind.
- Brings together the most important classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of mind and cognition
- Completely revised and updated throughout, in response to feedback from teachers in the field
- Now includes 20 new readings
- Each updated part opens with a brief, synoptic introduction to the individual field and a comprehensive further reading list
- Each section also includes three to four of the most influential papers that have been written in the philosophy of mind over the last 40 years
Review
“Since it appeared almost 20 years ago,
Mind and Cognitionhas been the premiere anthology in contemporary philosophy of mind. This judiciously updated edition secures its position for the foreseeable future.”
Shaun Nichols, University of Arizona
“An enormously useful collection, including representative articles not only on the multitude of positions before and after the ‘cognitive revolution’, but also on topics such as the emotions, animal minds and distinctively perceptual content that have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. An ideal text for both introductory and graduate study of the many topics.”
Georges Rey, University of Maryland
Review
“Since it appeared almost 20 years ago,
Mind and Cognitionhas been the premiere anthology in contemporary philosophy of mind. This judiciously updated edition secures its position for the foreseeable future.”
Shaun Nichols, University of Arizona
“An enormously useful collection, including representative articles not only on the multitude of positions before and after the ‘cognitive revolution’, but also on topics such as the emotions, animal minds and distinctively perceptual content that have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. An ideal text for both introductory and graduate study of the many topics.”
Georges Rey, University of Maryland
Review
"The revisions (to this edition) are extensive and reflect recent trends in the subject. Every postgraduate working in the field will want a copy if they do not already have the first edition; and tutors planning a course, whether for undergraduates or for postgraduates, should certainly have a copy of this edition. It provides a very useful survey of contemporary work in the field, which I would certainly recommend as a convenient source of articles for both undergraduates and postgraduates." Michael Morris, Times Higher Education Supplement
Synopsis
This volume represents a vital resource - a new edition of the highly successful collection of classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of mind and cognition.
Synopsis
First published in 1990, Mind and Cognition: An Anthologyis now firmly established as a popular teaching apparatus for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of mind.
About the Author
William G. Lycanis Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published widely in the field of philosophy of mind and language. His publications include
Consciousness(1987),
Judgement and Justification(1988), and
Consciousness and Experience(1996).
Jesse J. Prinzis Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He works primarily in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His books include Furnishing the Mind: Concepts and Their Perceptual Basis(2002), Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion(2004), and The Emotional Construction of Morals(2007).
Table of Contents
Preface.
Part 1: Ontology: The Identity Theory and Functionalism:.
Introduction.
1. The Identity Theory: Is Consciousness a Brain Process?: U. T. Place.
2. Early Causal and Functionalist Views: The Causal Theory of Mind: D. M. Armstrong.
3. The Nature of Mental States: Hilary Putnam.
4. Anomalous Monism: Mental Events: Donald Davidson.
5. Homuncular and Teleological Functionalism: The Appeal to Tecit Knowledge in Psychological Explanation: Jerry A. Fodor.
6. The Continuity of Levels of Nature: William G. Lycan.
7. Putting the Function Back into Functionalism: Ellite Sober.
Part II: Instrumentalism:.
Introduction.
8. An Instrumentalist Theory: True Believers: The Intentional Strategy and Why it Works: Daniel C. Dennett.
9. Dennett on Intentional Systems: Stephen P Stich.
Real Patterns: Daniel C. Dennett.
Part III: Eliminativism and Neurophilosophy:.
Introduction.
11. Current Eliminativism: Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes: Paul Churchland.
12. Neurophilosophy and Connectionism: Neural Representation and Neural Computation: Patricia Smith Churchland and Terrence Sejnowski.
13. The Case for Connectionism: William Bechtel.
14. What Might Cognition Be, If Not Computation?: Tim Van Gelder.
Part IV: The 'Language of Thought' Hypothesis:.
Introduction.
15. Defending the 'Language of Thought': Why There Still Has to Be a Language of Thought: Jerry A. Fodor.
16. Attacking the 'Language of Thought': Stalking the Wild Epistemic Engine: Paul M. Churchland and Patricia Smith Churchland.
17. Psychosemantics: Biosemantics: Ruth Garrett Millikan.
18. A Theory of Content: Jerry A. Fodor.
Part V: The Status of Folk Psychology:.
Introduction.
19. Attacking 'Folk Psychology': Autonomous Psychology and the Belief-Desire Thesis: Stephen P. Stich.
20. Defending 'Folk Psychology': Folk Psychology is Here to Stay: Terence Horgan and James Woodward.
21. The Debate of Narrow Content: A Narrow Representational Theory of the Mind: Michael Devitt.
22. Narrow Content Meets Fat Syntax: Stephen P. Stich.
23. Supervenient Causation: Mental Causation: Jaegwon Kim.
24. Type Epiphenomenalism, Type Dualism, and the Causal Priority of the Physical: Brian McLaughlin.
25. Wide Causation: Individualism and Supervenience: Jerry A. Fodor.
26. An A Priori Argument: The Argument from Causal Powers: Robert A. Wilson.
27. Self Knowledge: Knowing One's Mind: Donald Davidson.
28. Privileged Access: John Heil.
29. The Simulation Theory: Folk Psychology as Simulation: Robert Gordon.
30. The Mental Simulation Debate: Martin Davies.
Part VI: Consciousness, 'Qualia,' and Subjectivity:.
Introduction.
31. 'Qualia' - Based Objections to Functionalism: An Excerpt from 'Troubles with Functionalism': Ned Block.
32. Epiphenomenal Qualia: Frank Jackson.
33. Functionalist Responses: What Experience Teaches: David Lewis.
34. Understanding the Phenomenal Mind: Are We All Just Armadillos?: Robert Van Gulick.
35. The Representationalism Debate: The Intrinsic Quality of Experience: Gilbert Harman.
36. Inverted Earth: Ned Block.
Part VII: Emotion:.
Introduction.
37. Two Theories: Cognitive Theories of Emotions: Ronald Alan Nash.
37. Modularity, and the Psychoevolutionary Theory: Paul Griffiths.