ABSTRACT

This book explores a range of issues in the philosophy of mind, with the mind-body problem as the main focus. It serves as a stimulus to the reader to engage with the problems of the mind and try to come to terms with them, and examines Descartes's mind-body dualism.

chapter 1|30 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|30 pages

Mind as Immaterial Substance

Descartes’s Dualism

chapter 3|30 pages

Mind and Behavior

Behaviorism

chapter 4|37 pages

Mind as the Brain

The Psychoneural Identity Theory

chapter 5|39 pages

Mind as a Computing Machine

Machine Functionalism

chapter 6|23 pages

Mind as a Causal System

Causal-Theoretical Functionalism

chapter 7|34 pages

Mental Causation

chapter 8|35 pages

Mental Content

chapter 9|37 pages

What Is Consciousness?

chapter 10|37 pages

Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem