Brainstorms

Philosophical Essays on Mind & Psychology

The MIT Press (Aug 01, 1981)

0262540371

| Hardcover

353 pages | 152 x 229 mm | English

€ 15.00 | Value: € 7.58

Dewey 153

LC Control No. 81084118

Genre

Social Psychology

Subject

Cognition
Cognition/ Addresses, Essays, Lectures
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychology/ Philosophy/ Addresses, Essays, Lectures

Plot

This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions. This collection of 17 essays by the author offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of consciousness and free will. Using careful arguments and ingenious thought-experiments, the author exposes familiar preconceptions and hobbling institutions. The essays are grouped into four sections: Intentional Explanation and Attributions of Mentality; The Nature of Theory in Psychology; Objects of Consciousness and the Nature of Experience; and Free Will and Personhood.