Controversies and the metaphysics of mind /
Since ancient times, metaphysical theories have been shaped by the dialectical relations between metaphysical positions. The present book offers a new account of the role of controversies in the evolution of ideas in current metaphysics of mind. Part One develops a pragmatic theory of metaphysical c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2010.
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Colección: | Controversies ;
v. 8. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Controversies and the Metaphysics of Mind; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Outline of a theory of metaphysical controversies; The Kantian framework; The idea of controversy and metaphysics; Intuitions, thought experiments, and controversies; Part Two. The knowledge argument; The polemical character of the knowledge arguments; The antinomies of consciousness and their resolutions; A priori knowledge and the explanatory gap; Part Three. Personal identity and revisionary metaphysics.