Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World : Themes from the Philosophy of Jaegwon Kim.

Horgan, Terence.

Qualia and Mental Causation in a Physical World : Themes from the Philosophy of Jaegwon Kim. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (284 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Reality and reduction: What's really at stake in the causal exclusion debate; 2 Two property theories and the causal conundrum for physicalism; 3 Mental causation: The free lunch; 4 Does mental causation require psychophysical identities?; 5 The Canberra Plan neglects ground; 6 Microrealization and the mental; 7 Supervenience and the causal explanation of behavior; 8 Visual awareness and visual qualia; 9 Phenomenal externalism, Lolita, and the planet Xenon; 10 Troubles for radical transparency. 11 How theories work: Open questions for methodological philosophy of scienceReferences; Index.

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



9781316235065 9781316248300 9781139939539 9781107434882


Kim, Jaegwon


Philosophy of mind.
Qualia.
Causation.
First philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Consciousness.
Metaphysics
Consciousness


Electronic Books.

BD418 / .Q355 2015