Philosophy of mind

New essays connecting recent scientific studies with traditional issues about the self explored by Descartes, Locke and Hume.

There is an interesting and far-reaching disagreement between Smith and Frederick Stoutland.

This book describes a novel methodology for studying algorithmic skills, intended as cognitive activities related to rule-based symbolic transformation, and argues that some human computational abilities may be interpreted and analyzed as genuine examples of extended cognition.

Mele's ultimate purpose in this book is to help readers think more clearly about free will.

First published in 1960, this book is intended to be a concise but complete treatise on Ethics.

In this sequel to Outgrowing Materialism, Thompson explores five conceptual "e;Worlds"e; that preceded the dualist v.

This book presents a novel interpretation of major problems of Indian ethics from an applied ethical perspective.

Throughout his philosophical career at Michigan, UCLA, Yale, and Oxford, Robert Merrihew Adams's wide-ranging contributions have deeply shaped the structure of debates in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, and ethics.

This book illustrates how Life Positioning Analysis can be used as a theoretical and methodological approach to sociocultural psychobiography.

It seems quite natural to explain the activities of human and non-human animals by referring to their special faculties.

Robert Brandom's rationalist philosophy of language, expounded in his highly influential Making It Explicit, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate, establishing him as one of the leading philosophers of his generation.

Sensory perception: mind and matter aims at a deeper understanding of the many facets of sensory perception and their relations to brain function and cognition.

Self-deception raises complex questions about the nature of belief and the structure of the human mind.

Our human capacity for planning agency plays central roles in the cross-temporal organization of our agency, in our acting and thinking together (both at a time and over time), and in our self-governance (both at a time and over time).

This book aims to show the centrality of a proper ontology of properties in thinking about consciousness.

This volume responds to the challenges posed by the rapid developments in satellite TV and digital technologies, addressing media ethics from a global perspective to discuss how we can understand journalism practice in its cultural contexts.

In this engaging new book, Gerda Reith explores key theoretical concepts in the sociology of consumption.

Exploring what great philosophers have written about the nature of thought and consciousness Philosophy of Mind: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive overview of this fascinating field.

The dead are gone.

This book originated at a workshop by the same name held in May 2018 at the University of Pavia.

The fifteen essays in this second edition of this highly popular Companion address all aspects of Hume''s wide-ranging thought.

This book is an investigation into cultural variations in experiences of depression.

A novel theory of self-consciousness and its development that integrates philosophical considerations with recent findings in the empirical sciences.

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's work on the language capabilities of the bonobo Kanzi has intrigued the world because of its far-reaching implications for understanding the evolution of the human language.

This book focuses on the social psychological aspects of gay men's lives and provides a cutting-edge examination of topics including sexual orientation, sexual behavior, identity, relationships, prejudice, and health.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die menschliche Psyche" verfügbar.

What do we mean when we talk about 'queer teachers'?

The Memory of Thought reconstructs the philosophy of Adorno and Heidegger in the light of the importance that these thinkers attach to two proper names: Auschwitz and Germanien.

What is mindreading and when do we use it?

"e;There is no greater gift to man than to understand nothing of his fate"e;, declares poet-philosopher Paul Valery.

The concept of spontaneity is central to Kant's philosophy, yet Kant himself never dealt with it explicitly.

Imogen Dickie develops an account of aboutness-fixing for thoughts about ordinary objects, and of reference-fixing for the singular terms we use to express them.

Die neue Biologie des Alterns (Biogerontologie) stellt unter anderem in Aussicht, dass sich die biologische Alterung des Menschen medizinisch verlangsamen lassen könnte.

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the fascinating and strikingly diverse history of imagination in the context of theatre and drama.

What lies at the foundation of our moral beliefs?

This volume offers a wide-ranging study on perception in the Timaeus, not only discussing senses such as touch, taste, and olfaction alongside audition and vision but also engaging with Timaeus' wider cosmological project.

Deep friendship may express profound loyalty, but so too may virulent nationalism.

This book is about all things consciousness, great and small.

This book presents Freud''s theory of the mind as an organic whole, built from first principles and developing in sophistication over time.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of World Englishes and their place in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom.

It is the linguistic job of singular terms to pick out the objects that we think or talk about.

Since the millennium, the neurophysiological and psychological bases of moral judgements and actions have been the topic of much empirical research.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of of the logotherapy of Viktor Frankl and delves into the spiritual depths of an inherent search for meaning in life.

This volume represents a collective effort to advance research on the perennial problem of matter and consciousness, body and mind.

During the last three decades, there have been enormous advances in our understanding of the neural mechanisms of selective attention at the network as well as the cellular level.

New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block.

Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge takes the reader on tour of the nature, value, and limits of self-knowledge.

Fino a che punto l’uomo, grazie alla scienza e alla tecnologia, può migliorare se stesso, allungandosi la vita e potenziando le proprie funzioni fisiche e mentali?