ABSTRACT
Breaking new ground in the debate about the relation of mind and body, David Armstrong's classic text - first published in 1968 - remains the most compelling and comprehensive statement of the view that the mind is material or physical.
In the preface to this new edition, the author reflects on the book's impact and considers it in the light of subsequent developments. He also provides a bibliography of all the key writings to have appeared in the materialist debate.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |2 pages
Introduction
part One|124 pages
Theories of Mind
chapter 1|10 pages
A Classification of Theories of Mind
chapter 2|22 pages
Dualism
chapter 3|12 pages
The Attribute Theory
chapter 4|5 pages
A Difficulty for any Non-Materialist Theory of Mind
chapter 5|19 pages
Behaviourism
chapter 6|54 pages
The Central-State Theory
part Two|226 pages
The Concept of Mind
chapter 7|42 pages
The Will (1)
chapter 8|16 pages
The Will (2)
chapter 9|21 pages
Knowledge and Inference
chapter 10|37 pages
Perception and Belief
chapter 11|25 pages
Perception and Behaviour
chapter 12|21 pages
The Secondary Qualities
chapter 13|15 pages
Mental Images
chapter 14|17 pages
Bodily Sensations
chapter 15|16 pages
Introspection
chapter 16|14 pages
Belief and Thought
part Three|14 pages
The Nature of Mind