| Edition |
1st MIT Press paperback ed. |
| Description |
xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Representation and mind |
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Representation and mind.
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and indexes. |
| Contents |
What's wrong with the philosophy of mind -- The recent history of materialism: the same mistake over and over -- Appendix: is there a problem about folk psychology? -- Breaking the hold: silicon brains, conscious robots, and other minds -- Consciousness and its place in nature -- Reductionism and the irreducibility of consciousness -- The structure of consciousness: an introduction -- The unconscious and its relation to consciousness -- Consciousness, intentionality, and the background -- The critique of cognitive reason -- The proper study. |
| Summary |
In this major work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind. More than anything else, he argues, it is the neglect of consciousness that results in so much barrenness and sterility in psychology, the philosophy of mind, and cognitive science: there can be no study of mind that leaves out consciousness. What is going on in the brain is neurophysiological processes and consciousness and nothing more - no rule following, no mental information processing or mental models, no language of thought, and no universal grammar. Mental events are themselves features of the brain, "like liquidity is a feature of water."Beginning with a spirited discussion of what's wrong with the philosophy of mind, Searle characterizes and refutes the philosophical tradition of materialism. But he does not embrace dualism. All these "isms" are mistaken, he insists |
| Subject |
Philosophy of mind.
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Consciousness.
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Intentionality (Philosophy)
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Mind-brain identity theory -- Controversial literature.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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Consciousness. (OCoLC)fst00875441
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Intentionality (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst00975963
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Mind-brain identity theory. (OCoLC)fst01022009
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Philosophy of mind. (OCoLC)fst01060840
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| Genre/Form |
Controversial literature. (OCoLC)fst01423907
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| ISBN |
026269154X |
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9780262691543 |
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0262193213 |
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9780262193214 |
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