1st Edition

Matters of Mind Consciousness, Reason and Nature

By Scott Sturgeon Copyright 2000
    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    Matters of Mind examines the mind-body problem. It offers a chapter by chapter analysis of debates surrounding the problem, including visual experience, consciousness and the problem of Zombies and Ghosts. It will prove invaluable for those interested in epistemology, philosophy of mind and cognitive science.

    Introduction 1. Visual Experience 2. Explaining Qualia 3. Content and Warrant 4. Warrant and Reliability 5. Zombies and Ghosts 6. Physicalims and Overdetermination

    Biography

    Scott Sturgeon is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

    The six chapters of this well-written book can be read separately, or as a unity leading to Sturgeon's "Wait-and-See view" in the mind-body debate.' - Journal of Consciousness Studies