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Until quite recently, mind-body dualism has been regarded with deep
suspicion by both philosophers and scientists. This has largely
been due to the widespread identification of dualism in general
with one particular version of it: the interactionist substance
dualism of Rene Descartes. This traditional form of dualism has,
ever since its first formulation in the seventeenth century,
attracted numerous philosophical objections and is now almost
universally rejected in scientific circles as empirically
inadequate. During the last few years, however, renewed attention
has begun to be paid to the dualistic point of view, as a result of
increasing discontent with the prevailing materialism and
reductionism of contemporary scientific and philosophical thought.
Awareness has grown that dualism need not be restricted to its
traditional form and that other varieties of dualism are not
subject to the difficulties commonly raised against Descartes' own
version of it. Interest in these alternative versions of dualism is
growing fast today, because it seems that they are capable of
capturing deep-seated philosophical intuitions, while also being
fully consistent with the methodological assumptions and empirical
findings of modern scientific work on the human mind and brain. The
object of this book is to provide philosophers, scientists, their
students, and the wider general public with an up-to-date overview
of current developments in dualistic conceptions of the mind in
contemporary philosophy and science."
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