Psycho-Physical Dualism Today

Alessandro Antonietti is the director of the Master Creativity and Personal Empowerment through Drama Methodologies program at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. Antonella Corradini is associate professor of philosophy of social sciences at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. E. Jonathan Lowe is professor of philosophy at the University of Durham.

• Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I. Psycho-Physical Dualism: Scientific ApproachesChapter 3 Developing Dualism: From Intuitive Understanding to Transcendental IdeasChapter 4 Must Psychologists Be Dualists?Chapter 5 Mind, Brain, and Dualism in Modern PhysicsChapter 6 Discrete Degrees Within and Between Nature and MindPart 7 Part II. Psycho-Physical Dualism: Philosophical PerspectivesChapter 8 Mutual Dependencies of the Mental and the PhysicalChapter 9 The Reductio of Reductive and Non-reductive Materialism—and a New StartChapter 10 A Defense of Non-Cartesian Substance DualismChapter 11 Emergent DualismChapter 12 Concepts, Dualism, and the Human Intellect

This book is clearly distinguished from others in its field by the fact that its contributors do not limit themselves to reconstructing the history of dualism or to discussing competing points of view... rather, they propose and defend their own versions of dualism in a dialectical confrontation with other positions in the philosophy of mind and science. This volume offers a rich panoply of ways to approach the vast and deep questions that arise when we explore the difficulties arising from the subjectivity of the mental. This is a very useful collection of essays for professional academics and researchers of various disciplines. I heartily recommend this book to any educated reader who has an interest in exploring questions concerning the human mind.