Montero, Barbara

On the philosophy of mind / Barbara Montero. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2009. - 141 p. ; 21 cm.

1. Philosophy of Mind : Introduction --
2. The Mind-Body problem --
3. A mad Scientist's Instructions for creating a human being --
4. Understanding dualism of Mind and body --
5. Motivations for dualism --
6. descartes's argument for dualism --
7. The zombie argument for dualism --
8. The Knowledge argument for Dualism --
9. The problem of other minds and the behaviorist's solution --
10. Physicalism or the three-pond Mind --
11. Mind as the physical cause of behavior --
12. Thinking about thought --
13. Can Computers Think? --
14. Mind and Meaning --
15. Consciousness --
16. The "Body" side of the Mind-body Problem --
17. Ah, The Emotions --
18. Brain Transplants and personal Identity --
19. Freedom of The will --
20. Immortality of the Soul --

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PHILOSOPHY, MODERN
MIND AND BODY
DUALISM

B 53 / M764 2009