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There have long been controversies about how it is that minds can
fit into a physical universe. Emergence in Mind presents new essays
by a distinguished group of philosophers investigating whether
mental properties can be said to 'emerge' from the physical
processes in the universe. Such emergence requires mental
properties to be different from physical properties, and much of
the discussion relates to what the consequences of such a
difference might be in areas such as freedom of the will, and the
possibility of scientific explanations of non-physical (for
example, social) phenomena. The volume also extends the debate
about emergence by considering the independence of chemical
properties from physical properties, and investigating what would
need to be the case for there to be groups that could be said to
exercise rationality.
Self-knowledge is the focus of considerable attention from philosophers: Knowing Our Own Minds gives a much-needed overview of current work on the subject, bringing together new essays by leading figures. Knowledge of one's own sensations, desires, intentions, thoughts, beliefs, and other attitudes is characteristically different from other kinds of knowledge: it has greater immediacy, authority, and salience. The contributors examine philosophical questions raised by the distinctive character of self-knowledge, relating it to knowledge of other minds, to rationality and agency, externalist theories of psychological content, and knowledge of language. Together these original, stimulating, and closely interlinked essays demonstrate the special relevance of self-knowledge to a broad range of issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.
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