Mental Actions

by Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou

This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions--imagining, remembering, judging, for instance? How should we explain our knowledge of our mental actions, and what light does that throw on self-knowledge in general? What contributions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199225982
• ISBN13: 9780199225989
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"