Philosophy of mind

Why ought we concern ourselves with understanding a concept of evil?

This book presents a novel metaphysics of concrete entities.

The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology and philosophy of mind and psychology.

This collection focuses on questions that arise when morality is considered from the perspective of recent work on rational choice and evolution.

To celebrate Adolf Griinbaum's sixtieth birthday by offering him this bouquet of essays written for this purpose was the happy task of an autonomous Editorial Committee: Wesley C.

'Microphysicalism', the view that whole objects behave the way they do in virtue of the behaviour of their constituent parts, is an influential contemporary view with a long philosophical and scientific heritage.

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Neuroeconomics, neuromarketing, neuroaesthetics, and neurotheology are just a few of the novel disciplines that have been inspired by a combination of ancient knowledge together with recent discoveries about how the human brain works.

There is an important gap in the philosophical literature concerning the concept of fear and its remedies, and this book has been designed to examine different concepts of fear that inform its therapy.

This book examines the philosophical and scientific achievements of Sir Kenelm Digby, a successful English diplomat, privateer and natural philosopher of the mid-1600s.

Evaluates to what extend rationalizing is rational and what the contribution of reason is to it.

Ingmar Persson offers an original view of the processes of human action: deliberating on the basis of reasons for and against actions, making a decision about what to do, and from there implementing the decision in action in a way that makes the action intentional.

The Anthropocene has become a field of studies in which the influence of human activity on the Earth System and nature is both the main threat and the potential solution.

A defense of a version of the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness with special attention to such topics as concepts and animal consciousness.

This book describes the role of eye contact in human communication by investigating the relationship between the eye gaze and the development of language and pragmatic skills.

With an ever-growing body of evidence on the links between different oppressions, never have the debates in Critical Animal Studies surrounding intersectionality in relation to animal ethics been more important.

Virtual Subjects, Fugitive Selves is a sustained analytical exploration of the rich philosophy of self of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935).

The academic study of religion recently has turned to the investigation of emotion as a crucial aspect of religious life.

This innovative book proposes a unique and original perspective on the nature of the mind and how phenomenal consciousness may arise in a physical world.

Normative Subjects alludes to the fields of morality and law, as well as to the entities, self and collectivity, addressed by these clusters of norms.

Self and identity have been important yet volatile notions in psychology since its formative years as a scientific discipline.

The new field of experimental philosophy has emerged as the methods of psychological science have been brought to bear on traditional philosophical issues.

The Life of the Mind presents an original and striking conception of the mind and its place in nature.

This book reveals the workings of the bourgeois passion for submission in a variety of contemporary contexts.

In this book, first published in 1991, the author Dr Robin Barrow adopts the view that utilitarianism is the most coherent and persuasive ethical theory we have and argues in favour of a specific form of rule-utilitarianism.

Kant's discussion of the relations between cognition and self-consciousness lie at the heart of the Critique of Pure Reason, in the celebrated transcendental deduction.

How do you know your own thoughts and feelings?

Naturalism and the Human Condition is a compelling account of why naturalism, or the 'scientific world-view' cannot provide a full account of who and what we are as human beings.

"e;My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop.

Basic Desert, Reactive Attitudes and Free Will addresses the issue of whether we can make sense of the widespread conviction that we are morally responsible beings.

What difference is there between the visual experience of watching the moon in the sky and the visual experience of seeing a snake slither by your foot?

Originally published in 1978, The Occult Sourcebook has been compiled primarily for the many people who are for the first time becoming engrossed by the numerous and often confusing possibilities underlying the occult sciences.

This book identifies all of the main forms of consciousness and proposes an account of each of them.

This book offers a new perspective on the motherhood experience.

Künstliche Intelligenz findet in nahezu allen Bereichen unscheinbar Anwendung und erleichtert uns seit Jahren das Leben, ohne dass wir es merken.

This book talks about the levels of consciousness and their roles in controlling our life and behaviour.

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Philosophy's value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space.

Pictures are representations that depict their objects.

After is a ground-breaking book for anyone curious about the scope of the human mind, the nature of consciousness, and the pursuit of a meaningful life.

An anniversary edition of a classic in cognitive science, with a new introduction by the author.

The emotions are at the centre of our lives and, for better or worse, imbue them with much of their significance.

Perspectives on Social Ontology and Social Cognition brings together contributions discussing issues arising from theoretical and empirical research on social ontology and social cognition.

Empathy is one of the most talked about and widely studied concepts of recent years.

One goal of epistemology is to refute the skeptic.