{"product_id":"mind-and-common-sense-philosophical-essays-on-common-sense-psychology-hardback-9780521402019","title":"Mind and Common Sense; Philosophical Essays on Common Sense Psychology (Hardback) 9780521402019","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMind and Common Sense\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophical Essays on Common Sense Psychology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this volume a variety of positions on common sense psychology are represented.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRadu J. Bogdan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521402019, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.446 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe contributors to this volume examine recent controversies about the importance of common sense psychology for our understanding of the human mind. Common sense provides a familiar and friendly psychological scheme by which to talk about the mind. Its categories (belief, desire, intention, consciousness, emotion, and so on) tend to portray the mind as quite different from the rest of nature, and thus irreducible to physical matters and its laws. In this volume a variety of positions on common sense psychology from critical to supportive, from exegetical to speculative, are represented. Among the questions posed are: Is common sense psychology an empirical theory, a body of analytic knowledge, a practice or a strategy? If it is a legitimate enterprise can it be naturalized or not? If it is not legitimate can it be eliminated? Is its fate tied to our understanding of consciousness? Should we approach its concepts and generalizations from the standpoint of conceptual analysis or from the philosophy of science?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The folklore of the mind Radu J. Bogdan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Analysis without noise Jonathan Bennett\u003cbr\u003e 3. Folk psychology and the explanation Paul M. Churchland\u003cbr\u003e 4. Methodological reflections on belief Robert Cummins\u003cbr\u003e 5. Consciousness and content Colin McGinn\u003cbr\u003e 6. The inevitability of folk psychology Adam Morton\u003cbr\u003e 7. How is eliminative materialism possible? Alexander Rosenberg\u003cbr\u003e 8. The long past and the short history Kathleen V. Wilkes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Common sense naturalized: the practical stance  Radu J. Bogdan\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of mind [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of mind\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20mind%20%5BHPM%5D%22\"\u003eHPM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005841166616,"sku":"9780521402019","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521402019i_e9de7093-1420-42ff-b7f1-12cec05b6a98.jpg?v=1691381150","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mind-and-common-sense-philosophical-essays-on-common-sense-psychology-hardback-9780521402019","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}