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Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: A Contentiously Classical Approach (Contemporary Philosophy (Cambridge, Mass.),)
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind A Contentiously Classical Approach - Contemporary Philosophy Cambridge, Mass. Author:Georges Rey This volume is an introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind. In particular, the author focuses on the controversial "eliminativist" and "instrumentalist" attacks - from philosophers such as of Quine, Dennett, and the Churchlands - on our ordinary concept of mind. In so doing, Rey offers an explication and defense of "ment... more »al realism", and shows how Fodor's representational theory of mind affords a compelling account of much of our ordinary mental talk of beliefs, hopes, and desires.« less