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Jaegwon Kim
Mind in a Physical World
An Essay on the Mind-Body Problem and Mental Causation

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This book, based on Jaegwon Kim’s 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher’s current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind-in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism.This book, based on Jaegwon Kim’s 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher’s current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind-in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of supervenience and emergence in the discussion of the mind-body problem. Arguing that various contemporary accounts of mental causation are inadequate, he offers his own partially reductionist solution on the basis of a novel model of reduction. Retaining the informal tone of the lecture format, the book is clear yet sophisticated.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 156 ● ISBN 9780262277105 ● Publisher The MIT Press ● Published 2000 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7972847 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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