The mind incarnate /

"How are the mind and body harnessed together? In The Mind Incarnate Lawrence Shapiro addresses this question by testing two widely accepted hypothesis, the multiple realizability thesis and the separability thesis. He argues that there is significant - though far from decisive - evidence again...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shapiro, Lawrence A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Series:Life and mind.
Subjects:
Mind and body.
Human information processing.
Perception.
Body Image
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Mental Processes
Perception
Traitement de l'information chez l'être humain.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Human information processing
Mind and body
Psychology.
Social Sciences.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The multiple realizability thesis : significance, scope, and support
  • The multiple realizability thesis from an empirical standpoint
  • Constraints
  • Constraints on brains
  • Multiple realizability and the special sciences
  • Disembodied minds
  • Embodied minds
  • Final thoughts.

Similar Items