The Ontology of Mind Events, Processes, and States |
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| Author:
| Steward, Helen |
| Series title: | Oxford Philosophical Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-824098-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $78.00 |
Book Description:
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Helen Steward puts forward a radical critique of the foundations of contemporary philosophy of mind, arguing that it relies too heavily on insecure assumptions about the sorts of things there are in the mind - events, processes, and states. She offers a fresh investigation of these three categories, clarifying the distinctions between them, and argues that the category of state has been very widely and seriously misunderstood. If she is right, current theories of mind and body need to...
More DescriptionHelen Steward puts forward a radical critique of the foundations of contemporary philosophy of mind, arguing that it relies too heavily on insecure assumptions about the sorts of things there are in the mind - events, processes, and states. She offers a fresh investigation of these three categories, clarifying the distinctions between them, and argues that the category of state has been very widely and seriously misunderstood. If she is right, current theories of mind and body need to be substantially rethought.