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Persons And Their Minds

A Philosophical Investigation

Persons And Their Minds

A Philosophical Investigation

ByElmer Sprague
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1999
eBook Published 5 March 2018
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429498398
Pages 208 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429966941
SubjectsHumanities
KeywordsSpectator Stance, Mental Predicates, Agent's Stance, Mind Body Dualism, Ryle's Account
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Sprague, E. (1999). Persons And Their Minds. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429498398
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons taught by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the book offers a running criticism of mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Davidson, Fodor, Hume, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, McGinn, Flanagan, Chalmers, and Baars, and demonstrates personism's ability to resist various forms of mindism. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, Persons and Their Minds should also interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals who use philosophy of mind in their work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|94 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 1|8 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 2|14 pages
Descartes’s Concept of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
Un-Locke-ing the Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 4|30 pages
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 6|10 pages
Wittgenstein and Ryle
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
part Two|87 pages
Personism and Mindism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 7|8 pages
Mental Events?
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 8|12 pages
Functionalism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 9|27 pages
Giving Persons a Hard Time
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 10|37 pages
Consciousness
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons taught by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the book offers a running criticism of mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Davidson, Fodor, Hume, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, McGinn, Flanagan, Chalmers, and Baars, and demonstrates personism's ability to resist various forms of mindism. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, Persons and Their Minds should also interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals who use philosophy of mind in their work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|94 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 1|8 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 2|14 pages
Descartes’s Concept of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
Un-Locke-ing the Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 4|30 pages
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 6|10 pages
Wittgenstein and Ryle
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
part Two|87 pages
Personism and Mindism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 7|8 pages
Mental Events?
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 8|12 pages
Functionalism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 9|27 pages
Giving Persons a Hard Time
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 10|37 pages
Consciousness
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons taught by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the book offers a running criticism of mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Davidson, Fodor, Hume, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, McGinn, Flanagan, Chalmers, and Baars, and demonstrates personism's ability to resist various forms of mindism. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, Persons and Their Minds should also interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals who use philosophy of mind in their work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|94 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 1|8 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 2|14 pages
Descartes’s Concept of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
Un-Locke-ing the Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 4|30 pages
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 6|10 pages
Wittgenstein and Ryle
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
part Two|87 pages
Personism and Mindism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 7|8 pages
Mental Events?
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 8|12 pages
Functionalism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 9|27 pages
Giving Persons a Hard Time
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 10|37 pages
Consciousness
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons taught by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the book offers a running criticism of mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Davidson, Fodor, Hume, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, McGinn, Flanagan, Chalmers, and Baars, and demonstrates personism's ability to resist various forms of mindism. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, Persons and Their Minds should also interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals who use philosophy of mind in their work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|94 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 1|8 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 2|14 pages
Descartes’s Concept of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
Un-Locke-ing the Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 4|30 pages
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 6|10 pages
Wittgenstein and Ryle
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
part Two|87 pages
Personism and Mindism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 7|8 pages
Mental Events?
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 8|12 pages
Functionalism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 9|27 pages
Giving Persons a Hard Time
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 10|37 pages
Consciousness
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons taught by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the book offers a running criticism of mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Davidson, Fodor, Hume, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, McGinn, Flanagan, Chalmers, and Baars, and demonstrates personism's ability to resist various forms of mindism. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, Persons and Their Minds should also interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals who use philosophy of mind in their work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|94 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 1|8 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 2|14 pages
Descartes’s Concept of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
Un-Locke-ing the Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 4|30 pages
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 6|10 pages
Wittgenstein and Ryle
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
part Two|87 pages
Personism and Mindism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 7|8 pages
Mental Events?
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 8|12 pages
Functionalism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 9|27 pages
Giving Persons a Hard Time
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 10|37 pages
Consciousness
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract

Persons and Their Minds compares the conflicting claims of mindism and personism and argues for placing persons at the center of philosophy of mind. Mindism stems from Descartes, takes the spectator stance, and makes the mind the subject of mental verbs such as ?know,? ?think,? and ?believe.? Personism stems from Wittgenstein and Ryle, takes the agent stance, and restores persons to their proper place as subjects of mental verbs.Employing lessons taught by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the book offers a running criticism of mindism as it appears in the work of Descartes, Locke, Davidson, Fodor, Hume, Parfit, Dennett, Searle, McGinn, Flanagan, Chalmers, and Baars, and demonstrates personism's ability to resist various forms of mindism. Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, Persons and Their Minds should also interest psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals who use philosophy of mind in their work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|94 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 1|8 pages
Mindism and Personism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 2|14 pages
Descartes’s Concept of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
Un-Locke-ing the Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 4|30 pages
A Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Mind
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Ryle, Mind, and Persons
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 6|10 pages
Wittgenstein and Ryle
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
part Two|87 pages
Personism and Mindism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 7|8 pages
Mental Events?
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 8|12 pages
Functionalism
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 9|27 pages
Giving Persons a Hard Time
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
chapter 10|37 pages
Consciousness
ByElmer Sprague
View abstract
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