Reduction : between the mind and the brain / Alexander Hieke, Hannes Leitgeb.
The investigation of the mind has been one of the major concerns of our philosophical tradition and it still is a dominant subject in modern philosophy as well as in science. Many philosophers in the scientific tradition want to solve the ""puzzles of the mind"". But many philoso...
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| Language: | English |
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Heusenstamm [Germany] :
Ontos,
2009.
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| Series: | Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ;
n.s., v. 12. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The investigation of the mind has been one of the major concerns of our philosophical tradition and it still is a dominant subject in modern philosophy as well as in science. Many philosophers in the scientific tradition want to solve the ""puzzles of the mind"". But many philosophers in the very same tradition do regard these puzzles as puzzles of the brain. So, whilst the former think of the mental as something of its own kind, the latter deny that philosophy of mind has to do with anything else but the brain. And then there are those who think that reduction is the way to go: maybe the ment. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110328851 3110328852 3110328879 9783110328875 3868380469 9783868380460 3110328542 9783110328547 |
| Language: | English. |