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Meta (Hardcover)
Andrew Murtagh, Adam Lee; Foreword by William Jaworski
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Philosophy of Mind introduces readers to one of the liveliest
fields in contemporary philosophy by discussing mind-body problems
and the various solutions to them. It provides a detailed yet
balanced overview of the entire field that enables readers to jump
immediately into current debates. * Treats a wide range of
mind-body theories and arguments in a fair and balanced way * Shows
how developments in neuroscience, biology, psychology, and
cognitive science have impacted mind-body debates *
Premise-by-premise arguments for and against each position enable
readers to grasp the structure of each argument quickly and easily
* Diagrams and illustrations help readers absorb the more complex
ideas * Bibliographic essays at the end of each chapter bring
readers up to date on the latest literature * Written in a clear,
easy to read style that is free of technical jargon, and highly
accessible to a broad readership * The only book to explain
systematically how a hylomorphic theory such as Aristotle s can
contribute to current mind-body debates and vie with current
mind-body theories * Online chapters on free will and the
philosophy of persons make the book a flexible teaching tool for
general and introductory philosophy courses - available at
www.wiley.com/go/jaworski
Structure and the Metaphysics of Mind is the first book to show how
hylomorphism can be used to solve mind-body problems-persistent
problems understanding how thought, feeling, perception, and other
mental phenomena fit into the physical world described by our best
science. Hylomorphism claims that structure is a basic ontological
and explanatory principle. Some individuals, paradigmatically
living things, consist of materials that are structured or
organized in various ways. Those structures are responsible for
individuals being the kinds of things they are, and having the
kinds of powers or capacities they have. From a hylomorphic
perspective, mind-body problems are byproducts of a worldview that
rejects structure. Hylomorphic structure carves out distinctive
individuals from the otherwise undifferentiated sea of matter and
energy described by our best physics, and it confers on those
individuals distinctive powers, including the powers to think,
feel, and perceive. A worldview that rejects hylomorphic structure
lacks a basic principle which distinguishes the parts of the
physical universe that can think, feel, and perceive from those
that can't, and without such a principle, the existence of those
powers in the physical world can start to look inexplicable and
mysterious. But if mental phenomena are structural phenomena, as
hylomorphism claims, then they are uncontroversially part of the
physical world, for on the hylomorphic view, structure is
uncontroversially part of the physical world. Hylomorphism thus
provides an elegant way of solving mind-body problems.
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Meta (Paperback)
Andrew Murtagh, Adam Lee; Foreword by William Jaworski
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