The Mind Incarnate

by Lawrence A. Shapiro

Book Overview

How are the mind and body harnessed together? In The Mind Incarnate, Lawrence Shapiro addresses this question by testing two widely accepted hypotheses, the multiple realizability thesis and the separability thesis. He argues that there is signficicant--though far from decisive--evidence against them.

While contemporary philosophers no longer view the mind as a supernatural entity--the famous "Ghost in the Machine" dogma that Gilbert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262693305
• ISBN13: 9780262693301
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher