Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World

Themes from the Philosophy of Jaegwon Kim

Terence Horgan editor David Sosa editor Marcelo Sabates editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th Dec '16

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A collection of new essays that develop themes from the work of the philosopher Jaegwon Kim.

How does mind fit into nature? No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify this question than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work.How does mind fit into nature? Philosophy has long been concerned with this question. No contemporary philosopher has done more to clarify it than Jaegwon Kim, a distinguished analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. With new contributions from an outstanding line-up of eminent scholars, this volume focuses on issues raised in Kim's work. The chapters cluster around two themes: first, exclusion, supervenience, and reduction, with attention to the causal exclusion argument for which Kim is widely celebrated; and second, phenomenal consciousness and qualia, with attention to the prospects for a functionalist account of the mental. This volume is sure to become a major focus of attention and research in the disciplines of metaphysics and philosophy of mind.

ISBN: 9781107434882

Dimensions: 230mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 420g

282 pages