{"product_id":"new-perspectives-on-type-identity-the-mental-and-the-physical-paperback-9781107515420","title":"New Perspectives on Type Identity; The Mental and the Physical (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107515420","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNew Perspectives on Type Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Mental and the Physical\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book argues that many mental states, including such conscious states as perceptual experiences and bodily sensations, are identical with brain states.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimone Gozzano (Edited by), Christopher S. Hill (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107515420, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.45 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\"...provides perspectives on the type-identity thesis that are both philosophically acute and informed by recent findings in the neurosciences. In addition, many of the contributions provide insightful historical accounts of the fortunes of the type-identity thesis -- and indeed, more generally, of physicalistic accounts of the mind. Thus the essays in this anthology are not merely individually interesting, and well worth reading on their own, but the volume as a whole hangs together in a way that is unusually instructive, and would be an excellent and provocative choice for a graduate seminar in the philosophy of mind.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Janet Levin, University of Southern California, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe type identity theory, according to which types of mental state are identical to types of physical state, fell out of favour for some years but is now being considered with renewed interest. Many philosophers are critically re-examining the arguments which were marshalled against it, finding in the type identity theory both resources to strengthen a comprehensive, physicalistic metaphysics and a useful tool in understanding the relationship between developments in psychology and new results in neuroscience. This volume brings together leading philosophers of mind, whose essays challenge in new ways the standard objections to type identity theory, such as the multiple realizability objection and the modal argument. Other essays show how cognitive science and neuroscience are lending new support to type identity theory and still others provide, extend and improve traditional arguments concerning the theory's explanatory power.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Simone Gozzano and Christopher S. Hill\u003cbr\u003e 1. Acquaintance and the mind-body problem Katalin Balog\u003cbr\u003e 2. Identity, reduction, and conserved mechanisms: perspectives from circadian rhythm research William Bechtel\u003cbr\u003e 3. Property identity and reductive explanation Ansgar Beckermann\u003cbr\u003e 4. A brief history of neuroscience's actual influences on mind-brain reductionism John Bickle\u003cbr\u003e 5. Type-identity conditions for phenomenal properties Simone Gozzano\u003cbr\u003e 6. Locating qualia: do they reside in the brain or in the body and the world? Christopher S. Hill\u003cbr\u003e 7. In defense of the identity theory Mark I Frank Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 8. The very idea of token physicalism Jaegwon Kim\u003cbr\u003e 9. About face: philosophical naturalism, the heuristic identity theory, and recent findings about prosopagnosia Robert McCauley\u003cbr\u003e 10. On justifying neurobiologicalism for consciousness Brian McLaughlin\u003cbr\u003e 11. The causal contribution of mental events Alyssa Ney\u003cbr\u003e 12. Return of the zombies? John Perry\u003cbr\u003e 13. Identity, variability, and multiple realization in the special sciences Lawrence Shapiro and Thomas Polger\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\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], 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":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005345091864,"sku":"9781107515420","price":29.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107515420i_f08aaaa1-a03f-4834-8d26-f30966ec6a03.jpg?v=1696755112","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/new-perspectives-on-type-identity-the-mental-and-the-physical-paperback-9781107515420","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}