An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind: Souls, Science and Human Beings

by David Cockburn

Book Overview

The book is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. While a number of such introductions are available, this book differs from others in that, while rejecting the dualist approach associated in particular with Descartes, it also casts serious doubt on the forms of materialism that now dominate English language philosophy. Drawing in particular on the work of Wittgenstein, a central place is given to the importance of the notion of a human being...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333961226
• ISBN13: 9780333961223
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"