{"product_id":"minds-causes-and-mechanisms-a-case-against-physicalism-paperback-softback-9780631218029","title":"Minds, Causes and Mechanisms; A Case Against Physicalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631218029","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMinds, Causes and Mechanisms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Case Against Physicalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosep E. Corbí (Author), Josep L. Prades (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631218029, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 December 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In their interesting and important book, Corbí and Prades successfully identify and question the metaphysical assumptions behind current orthodoxy about mental causation, making an original and important contribution to our understanding of this central topic.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hookway\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Sheffield\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and highly valuable contribution that will re-energize the ongoing debate and take it to another level. It offers refeshingly lucid and illuminating analysis and critique of the basic assumptions and arguments that have shaped the dominant physicalist outlook in this area, what Corbí and Prades call \"causal physicalism\". This book is an essential contribution. Highly recommended.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaegwon Kim\u003c\/b\u003e, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A thorough and subtle critique of physicalism. After reading it, even committed physicalists may conclude that their doctrine is beyond resurrection.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Couvalis\u003c\/b\u003e, Flinders University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinds, Causes, and Mechanisms\u003c\/i\u003e questions the internal consistency of causal physicalism, and vindicates a novel approach to mental causation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Physicalism and the Mental: The Dominant View.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. An Initial Tension: Narrowness and Multiple Realization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Dispositions, Minimality, and Intrinsic Causal Powers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. 'Ceteris Paribus' Laws and the Autonomy of Nonbasic Properties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Strict Laws, Causes, and Background Conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Mental Causation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405568962840,"sku":"9780631218029","price":39.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631218029.jpg?v=1784136817","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/minds-causes-and-mechanisms-a-case-against-physicalism-paperback-softback-9780631218029","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}