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This thoroughly revised edition of the classic textbook explores a wide range of problems in psychology, philosophy, cognitive and brains sciences, identifying the major topics, debates, and controversies and presenting them in a balanced and accessible manner for students.
Some Issues at the Interface of Philosophy and Psychology Revisited
Some Issues at the Interface of Philosophy and Psychology Revisited
- Intentionality 231
- Folk Psychology 240
- Mental Causation 249
- Free Will 253
- Consciousness 258
- Conclusion: Mind and Science 266
- Further Reading 268
PREVIEW: In this chapter we will discuss some problems that were traditionally the province of philosophy (or philosophical psychology). Issues like the nature of mental acts, the mind's place in a physical universe, freedom of will versus determinism, and the nature of consciousness are venerable philosophical problems, which have been the subject of metaphysical speculation and theoretical analysis for some 25 centuries. They are also related to central questions in the much younger science of psychology. Moreover, empirical psychologists have recently moved into domains like consciousness, folk psychology and free will. In ...
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