Objections to Physicalism

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Physicalism has over the past twenty years become almost an orthodoxy, especially in the philosophy of mind. Many philosophers, however, feel uneasy about this development, and this volume is intended as a collective response to it. Together these papers, written by philosophers from Britain, the United States, and Australasia, show that physicalism faces enormous problems in every area in which it is discussed. The contributors not only investigate the well-known difficulties that physicalism has in accommodating sensory consciousness, but also bring out its inadequacies in dealing with thought, intentionality, abstract objects, (such as numbers), and principles of both theoretical and practical reason; even its ability to cope with the physical world itself is called into question. Both strong `reductionist' versions and weaker `supervenience' theories are discussed and found to face different but equally formidable obstacles. The impression with which these essays leave the reader is that the advance of physicalism has been achieved more by talking down the problems that face it than by solving them. Contributors: George Bealer, Peter Forrest, John Foster, Grant Gillett, Bob Hale, Michael Lockwood, George Myro, Nicholas Nathan, David Smith, Steven Wagner, Ralph Walker, and Richard Warner.

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Utgivningsdatum1996-10-31
Mått137 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor332
FörlagClarendon Press
ISBN9780198236771

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Howard Robinson is Soros Professor of Philosophy at the Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He is author of Matter and Sense (CUP, 1982) and Perception (Routledge, 1994), editor of George Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues in the World's Classics series (OUP 1996), and co-editor of the following volumes: Essays on Berkeley (OUP, 1985), The Pursuit of Mind (Carcanet, 1991), and Aristotle and the Later Tradition (OUP, 1991).

Introduction ; 1. Thinking ; 2. Physicalism and Mathematics ; 3. Transcendental Arguments Against Physicalism ; 4. Actions, Causes, and Mental Ascriptions ; 5. Materialism and the Logical Structure of Intentionality ; 6. Truth, Physicalism, and Ultimate Theory ; 7. The Anti-Materialist Strategy and the 'Knowledge Argument' ; 8. Incorrigibility ; 9. Weak Materialism ; 10. Non-Reductive Physicalism? ; 11. Difficulties with Physicalism, and a Programme for Dualists ; 12. The Grain Problem ; 13. The Succinct Case for Idealism ; Bibliography, Index

`a considerable set of challenges to contemporary physicalism. The essays are largely non-technical and are typically clear and substantial. The editor has contributed ... a useful introduction identifying the essays main themes and clarifying some important problems facing physicalism...Recommended for any library supporting advanced undergraduate or graduate work in philosophy and psychology. Paul K. Moser, Choice