Philosophy of mind

This book explores a central question in the study of depth perception - 'does the visual system rely upon objective knowledge and subjective meaning to specify visual depth?

This edited volume presents new lines of research dealing with the language of thought and its philosophical implications in the time of Ockham.

In this book philosophers try to answer the following question: What is globalization and what does "e;globe"e; or "e;world"e; (monde) signify?

Consciousness in Interaction is an interdisciplinary collection with contributions from philosophers, psychologists, cognitive scientists, and historians of philosophy.

This book analyses the role of diagrammatic reasoning in Plato's philosophy: the readers will realize that Plato, describing the stages of human cognitive development using a diagram, poses a logic problem to stimulate the general reasoning abilities of his readers.

Body schema is a system of sensory-motor capacities that function without awareness or the necessity of perceptual monitoring.

This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke, commemorate, and honor the past.

Die Frage nach dem Menschen ist heute – im Zeitalter der zunehmenden Verschmelzung von Mensch und Technik (Cyborgisierung), der Genom-Editierung und der fortgeschrittenen Naturalisierung des Menschenbildes – aktueller denn je.

Philosophers have always recognized the value of reason, but the process of reasoning itself has only recently begun to emerge as a philosophical topic in its own right.

Philosophers of Consciousness is both an expository study of the thought of the six figures it focuses on and an original exploration of the themes they address.

Although the creative impulse surges in revolt against everyday reality, breaking through its confines, it makes pacts with that reality's essential laws and returns to it to modulate its sense.

During the early modern era (c.

This book addresses the paradox that, despite quantifiable advances, people often struggle to experience positive wellbeing.

Fusing speculative realism, analytical and linguistic philosophy this book theorises the fundamental impact the experience of reading has on us.

The idea that humans are by nature social and political animals can be traced back to Aristotle.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the state of the art in the philosophy of physics.

Philosophy's Moods is a collection of original essays interrogating the inseparable bond between mood and philosophical thinking.

This book is a critical re-evaluation of Jean-Paul Sartre's phenomenological ontology, in which a theory of egological complicity and self-deception informing his later better known theory of bad faith is developed.

In 1688 the Irish scientist and politician William Molyneux sent a letter to the philosopher John Locke.

Michel Foucault has had an extraordinary impact on writers in the human sciences since his first book Madness and Civilization appeared in English.

This unique book delves into the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) principles-rooted in scientific knowledge and technological advancements-with the concept of spiritual wellness, exploring their significance in our increasingly automated and digitized world.

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The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.

Perception is our key to the world.

This volume brings together new research on the topic of epistemic closure from both leading philosophers and emerging voices in epistemology.

This is the first volume dedicated solely to the topic of epistemological disjunctivism.

Stephen Phillips has devoted his career to excavating some of the most valuable gems of Indian philosophy and bringing them into conversation with contemporary thought.

Although best known for experimental methods, social psychology also has a strong tradition of measurement.

A cutting-edge and groundbreaking set of new essays by top philosophers on key topics related to the ever-influential knowledge argument.

Do epistemic requirements vary along with facts about what promotes agents' well-being?

Harry Smit examines the elements of current evolutionary theory and how they bear on the evolution of the human mind.

This volume addresses the complex interplay between the conditions of an agent's personal autonomy and the constitution of her self in light of two influential background assumptions: a libertarian thesis according to which it is essential for personal autonomy to be able to choose freely how one's self is shaped, on the one hand, and a line of thought following especially the seminal work of Harry Frankfurt according to which personal autonomy necessarily rests on an already sufficiently shaped self, on the other hand.

Autonomy is a fundamental though contested concept.

This book explores the intersections between dreaming and the literary imagination, in light of the findings of recent neurocognitive and empirical research, with the aim to lay a groundwork for an empirically informed aesthetics of dreaming.

This book presents the heritage of the Lvov-Warsaw School from both the historical and the philosophical perspective.

Beatrice Longuenesse presents an original exploration of our understanding of ourselves and the way we talk about ourselves.

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This book deals with the very real possibility of earthly immortality and the human and societal implications of such immortality, including whether it is desirable.

This volume advances discussion between critics and defenders of the force-content distinction and opens up new ways of thinking about force and speech acts in relation to the unity problem.

Anxiety looms large in historical works of philosophy and psychology.

What is happiness?

This book extends current understandings of the effects of using locative social media on spatiality, the experience of time and identity.

Self-Face Recognition and the Brain explores a fundamental cornerstone of human consciousness; how recognizing ourselves leads to a better understanding of the brain and higher-order thinking.

This monumental work presents Schopenhauer''s metaphysics of the will, and wide-ranging philosophical reflections on psychology, desire, sex, death, and salvation.

Das Buch bietet eine Gesamtdarstellung der noch relativ jungen Disziplin der Neuroethik.