{"product_id":"physicalism-and-its-discontents-paperback-9780521042123","title":"Physicalism and its Discontents (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521042123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhysicalism and its Discontents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of essays by physicalists and their critics on the important doctrine of physicalism, first published in 2001.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl Gillett (Edited by), Barry Loewer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521042123, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.572 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\"...anyone looking for a state-of-the-art collection of essays discussing current issues in metaphysics of mind and its implications for consciousness and mental causation will find this collection useful, rich and provocative in places.\"   Metapsychology Online Book Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePhysicalism, a topic that has been central to modern philosophy of mind and metaphysics, is the philosophical view that everything in the space-time world is ultimately physical. The physicalist will claim that all facts about the mind and the mental are physical facts and deny the existence of mental events and state insofar as these are thought of as independent of physical things, events and states. This collection of essays, first published in 2001, offers a series of perspectives on this important doctrine and brings depth and breadth to the philosophical debate. A group of distinguished philosophers, comprising both physicalists and their critics, consider a wide range of issues including the historical genesis and present justification of physicalism, its metaphysical presuppositions and methodological role, its implications for mental causation, and the account it provides of consciousness.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Physicalism: 1. The rise of physicalism David Papineau\u003cbr\u003e 2. From physics to physicalism Barry Loewer\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sufficiency claims and physicalism: a formulation D. Gene Witmer\u003cbr\u003e 4. Realization and mental causation Sydney Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003e 5. Physicalism and psychology: a plea for a substantive philosophy of mind Georges Rey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Davidson and non-reductive materialism: a tale of two cultures Howard Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Substance physicalism Noa Latham\u003cbr\u003e 8. Possibility: physical and metaphysical Stephen Leeds\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Physicalist Discontents: 9. The roots of reductionism Scott Sturgeon\u003cbr\u003e 10. The significance of emergence Tim Crane\u003cbr\u003e 11. The methodological role of physicalism: a minimal scepticism Carl Gillett\u003cbr\u003e 12. Physicalism, empiricism and positivism Gary Gates\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Physicalism and Consciousness: A Continuing Dialectic\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Arguments for Pessimism: 13. Mental causation and consciousness: the two mind-body problems for the physicalist Jaegwon Kim\u003cbr\u003e 14. How not to solve the mind-body problem Colin McGinn\u003cbr\u003e 15. Deconstructing new wave materialism Terence Horgan and John Tienson\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Optimistic Rejoinders: 16. In defense of new wave materialism: a response to Horgan and Tienson Brian P. McLaughlin\u003cbr\u003e 17. Physicalism unfalsified: Chalmer's inconclusive conceivability argument Andrew Melnyk\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: logic [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: logic\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20logic%20%5BHPL%5D%22\"\u003eHPL\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":46004401897752,"sku":"9780521042123","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521042123i_bb36e632-c910-4490-a7c2-4df9b2349a4a.jpg?v=1694968616","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/physicalism-and-its-discontents-paperback-9780521042123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}