Materialism and the mind-body problem. Edited by David M. Rosenthal.

Contributor Rosenthal, David M.

Imprint:Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, [1971]

Descriptionix, 242 p. ; 21 cm.

Note:Includes selections from Descartes, Spinoza, and Hobbes.

Note:Part One: CLASSICAL MATERIALISM: Selections / René Descartes -- Selections, from Ethics / Benedict de Spinoza -- Selections / Thomas Hobbes -- Part Two: THE IDENTITY THESIS: Sensations and brain processes / J.J.C. Smart -- Mental events and the brain / Jerome Shaffer -- The identity of mind and body / James W. Cornman -- Part Three: THEORETICAL MATERIALISM: On the psycho-physical identity theory / Jaegwon Kim -- Physicalism, and Postscript (November 1968) / Thomas Nagel -- Asymmetries and mind-body perplexities / Keith Gunderson -- Part Four: FUNCTIONALISTIC MATERIALISM: Materialism / Jerry A. Fodor -- The nature of mental states / Hilary Putnam -- An argument for the identity theory, with addenda (October 1969) / David K. Lewis -- Part Five: ELILMINATIVE MATERIALISM: Mental events and the brain / Paul K. Feyerabend -- Mind-body identity, privacy, and categories / Richard Rorty -- The challenge of scientific materialism / Richard J. Bernstein -- In defense of eliminative materialism / Richard Rorty.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 232-242.

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