Philosophy : mind /
Mind
Brian P. McLaughlin, editor.
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 446 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
- Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks. Philosophy Gale virtual reference library .
- Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks. Philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
part one. The mind-body problem : The self / Barry Dainton ; Dualism / Paul Audi ; Panpsychism, panprotopsychism, and neutral monism / Donovan Wishon ; Functionalism / Robert Van Gulick ; Physicalism / D. Gene Witmer -- part two. Consciousness and mental content : Consciousness / Janet Levi ; Mental content / Karen Neander -- part 3. Mental abilities and capacities : Mental causation / David Robb ; Free will / Joseph Corabi ; Perception / Nico Orlandi ; Memory / Kourken Michaelian ; Emotions / Richard Dub ; Dreaming / Ben Springett ; Cognitive phenomenology / Michelle Montague ; Animal minds / Hans-Johann Glock -- part four. Philosophical issues in the scientific study of mind : The computational theory of mind / Gualtiero Piccinini ; The philosophy of artificial intelligence / Eric Dietrich ; Embedded, embodied, extended, and enactive cognition : a Copernican revolution in psychology? / Kenneth Aizawa.
This book covers such philosophical topics as the self, free will, consciousness, perception, memory, emotions, and artificial intelligence. The use of film, literature, art, case studies, and other disciplines or situations/events provide illustrations of human experiences which work as gateways to questions philosophers try to address.